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:::::No, you're all wrong.  Pound is a currency. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.188|173.245.54.188]] 15:40, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 
:::::No, you're all wrong.  Pound is a currency. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.188|173.245.54.188]] 15:40, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 
:::Based on his comments on the subject in a [http://what-if.xkcd.com/112/ What If comic], I strongly suspect that he doesn't care about the distinction in cases where: a) the values of the measurements are equal, and b) it's just a comic, not a research paper. [[User:Marcus Erronius|Marcus Erronius]] ([[User talk:Marcus Erronius|talk]]) 17:42, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
 
:::Based on his comments on the subject in a [http://what-if.xkcd.com/112/ What If comic], I strongly suspect that he doesn't care about the distinction in cases where: a) the values of the measurements are equal, and b) it's just a comic, not a research paper. [[User:Marcus Erronius|Marcus Erronius]] ([[User talk:Marcus Erronius|talk]]) 17:42, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
 
Weight and mass are synonyms for most people. For example Random House Dictionary says about weight:
 
:1. the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
 
:2. ''Physics''. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass.
 
[[User:Xhfz|Xhfz]] ([[User talk:Xhfz|talk]]) 23:54, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 
  
 
I'm really curious, what are the other, unlabeled groupings?  [http://vaclavsmil.com/the-earths-biosphere-evolution-dynamics-and-change/ Author's website] {{unsigned ip|108.162.215.46}}
 
I'm really curious, what are the other, unlabeled groupings?  [http://vaclavsmil.com/the-earths-biosphere-evolution-dynamics-and-change/ Author's website] {{unsigned ip|108.162.215.46}}
 
:Velociraptors, I'd assume. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.180|141.101.98.180]] 09:50, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
 
:Velociraptors, I'd assume. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.180|141.101.98.180]] 09:50, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
  
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On page 186 of Smil's referenced book, there is a bar chart with the following values in millions of tons (*=not used in Randall's graphic):
 
On page 186 of Smil's referenced book, there is a bar chart with the following values in millions of tons (*=not used in Randall's graphic):
:elephants 0.8
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elephants 0.8
:horses 40
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horses 40
:pigs 100
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pigs 100
:cattle 450
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cattle 450
:people 280
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people 280
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>whales 80
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*whales 80
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>all wild vertebrates 30
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*all wild vertebrates 30
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>all domesticated vertebrates 650
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*all domesticated vertebrates 650
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I think that this graph is actually more illustrative of how much support humans need to maintain themselves (the amount of cattle is astonishing). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]<span title="I'm an admin. I can help.">_a</span> ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 07:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 
I think that this graph is actually more illustrative of how much support humans need to maintain themselves (the amount of cattle is astonishing). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]<span title="I'm an admin. I can help.">_a</span> ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 07:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

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