2010-09-30, 02:46 AM
What if every human being on Earth died, thats 6+ billion people.
Now if you look at how much water a human is made of (55% ~ 78% depending on body size.) you can calculate how much water will return to the planet once every corpse decomposes.
The average weight per person is 60 ~ 70 kg if they are an adult.
So:
60kg * 0.55 = 33 kilograms / Litres of water minimum on average
70kg * 0.78 = 54.6 kilograms/ Litres of water minimum on average
Now multiply the average Litres of water by the ammount of people in the world: 6,697,254,041 (2008 estimate)
Min: 221009383353 Litres / 1000 = 22100938.333 Kilolitres
Max: 365670070638.6 Litres / 1000 = 36567007.063 Kilolitres
or in gallons: 264.172052 per 1 KL
Min: 58384502311616.65 Gallons
Max: 96599812915583.9 Gallons
So if everyone died, funny as it is. The world would be flooded with an estimated 36567007.063 Kilolitres of water once all the human bodies decompose.
Pretty interesting huh?
Now if you look at how much water a human is made of (55% ~ 78% depending on body size.) you can calculate how much water will return to the planet once every corpse decomposes.
The average weight per person is 60 ~ 70 kg if they are an adult.
So:
60kg * 0.55 = 33 kilograms / Litres of water minimum on average
70kg * 0.78 = 54.6 kilograms/ Litres of water minimum on average
Now multiply the average Litres of water by the ammount of people in the world: 6,697,254,041 (2008 estimate)
Min: 221009383353 Litres / 1000 = 22100938.333 Kilolitres
Max: 365670070638.6 Litres / 1000 = 36567007.063 Kilolitres
or in gallons: 264.172052 per 1 KL
Min: 58384502311616.65 Gallons
Max: 96599812915583.9 Gallons
So if everyone died, funny as it is. The world would be flooded with an estimated 36567007.063 Kilolitres of water once all the human bodies decompose.
Pretty interesting huh?
