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Solving Human Created Problems – potential motivation for your educational efforts. US population Graph World population Graph Knowledge http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/10/the_expansion_o.php Knowledge http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/10/the_expansion_o.php Gini Coefficient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient Prison Population National Debt US Federal Debt http://www.usgovernm entspending.com/index.php 100 14000 80 12000 Obama 10000 8000 6000 4000 40 20 2000 0 0 -2000 1900 60 Gross Public Debt-fed pct GDP 120 Bush Clinton Bush Reagan Nixon Ford Carter Kennedy Johnson Eisenhower Truman Roosevelt Hoover Harding Coolidge 16000 Wilson Gross Public Debt-fed $billion 18000 Taft 20000 140 Roosevelt 22000 -20 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 Year Gross Public Debt - fed $ billion(L) (1900-2008) Gross Public Debt-fed pct GDP(R) (1900-2008 ) Gross Public Debt-fed $billion(L) (2009 -) Gross Public Debt - fed pct GDP(R)(2009-) Gross Public Debt-f ed $billion = 1.90933142E-66*exp(0.0800364413*x) 16 240,000,000 14 220,000,000 12 200,000,000 10 180,000,000 8 160,000,000 6 140,000,000 4 120,000,000 2 100,000,000 0 80,000,000 Jun-1968 Oct-1954 M o n t h - Y e a r U.S. Field Production of Crude Oil (Million Barrels Per Day )(L) U.S. Field Consumption of Crude Oil (Million Barrels Per Day )(L) US Population(R) US Population 260,000,000 Mar-2023 280,000,000 18 Jul-2009 20 Oct-1995 300,000,000 Feb-1982 22 Jan-1941 320,000,000 May-1927 24 Sep-1913 Million Barrels per Day U.S. Crude Oil Daily Production and Consumption and US Population (1920-Oct 2011) 2010 1950 Thousand Cubic Meters per year per capita Fig. 28. Water availability by natural-economic regions of the world: 1950 - 2025. Climate Change http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/graphs-diagrams-of-global-warming-and-climate.html Marine Fisheries Future generations need this generation (YOU) to understand the current situation and develop solutions. This requires the ability to think critically and to do that requires training in a variety of disciplines including mathematics. Other, more personal motivators • You chose to attend college to gain knowledge. It is taking your time and costing you money. • The ability to reason quantitatively is beneficial in our technological world. • Getting a job to support your family is very competitive. What would make someone hire a person with insufficient mathematical skills or work ethic when there are plenty of people with the skills and willingness to work?