What is the most manufactured good in the world?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.20.2008, 10:54 AM

Toilet paper?
cigarettes?
cotton fabric?

pokkeherrie · 03.20.2008, 10:55 AM

matches? (if you count them individually)

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.20.2008, 10:56 AM

what about staples? screws?

What about pound for pound?

ALIEN ANAL · 03.20.2008, 10:57 AM

probably PS3 controllers hey

mangajunky · 03.20.2008, 11:07 AM

pornography

pokkeherrie · 03.20.2008, 11:10 AM

babies

tesla69 · 03.20.2008, 11:21 AM

afterthefact · 03.20.2008, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tesla69

love

freakin' hippy.

pencils? pens? confetti? 35 cent wings on Wednesdays?

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.20.2008, 11:48 AM

that is a good question, that I am sure the United Nations Statistics Division World Industrial Commodities Year Book can answer, but unfortunately there is no PDF version, only a $500 CD set to order, so we might never know the answer to this burning question. if you ask me, I'd say it has to do with sugar production myself.

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/industry/publications.asp

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.20.2008, 12:36 PM

sugars a pretty damn good guess man

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.20.2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

sugars a pretty damn good guess man

I myself consume between two and eight ounced of sugar everyday.

Sonic Youth 37 · 03.20.2008, 12:49 PM

Transistors?

Cantankerous · 03.20.2008, 01:08 PM

ummmm
thread.

the ikara cult · 03.20.2008, 01:12 PM

Carbon Dioxide and Viagra - Its self-perpetuating

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.20.2008, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

Transistors?

If we are talking numbers and not mass and including microchips you're probably right.

m1rr0r dash · 03.20.2008, 01:56 PM

is energy a "manufactured good?" ...clean water?

if not.... i'd have to go with concrete. ...but that's because sometimes i build things out of it. and i'm fairly certain it's one of the things that everyone everywhere else also does. if you want to call concrete a raw material even though it's not*... then fine. is an apartment building a manufactured good?

wiki says:
As of 2006 about seven billion cubic meters of concrete are made each year – more than one cubic meter for every person on Earth.

*has to be produced near or onsite. cannot be shipped long distances wet - it will solidify. economically doesn't make sense to ship dry - it's mostly sand and gravel, find those anywhere. has to be used within 24 hours or becomes waste material to be crushed for a future batch of fresh concrete. like the milk and eggs of the construction world.

m1rr0r dash · 03.20.2008, 01:57 PM

bread/naan/pita/arepa/tortilla/baked goods in general

HaydenAsche · 03.20.2008, 02:00 PM

Methamphetamine.

Savage Clone · 03.20.2008, 02:28 PM

I do know that an inordinate percentage of the world's wood is taken up by shipping pallets.

m1rr0r dash · 03.20.2008, 02:44 PM

how do they ship the shipping pallets? do they just stack them up on a pallet? i am very interested in these meta-pallets.

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m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	is energy a "manufactured good?" ...clean water? if not.... i'd have to go with concrete. ...but that's because sometimes i build things out of it. and i'm fairly certain it's one of the things that everyone everywhere else also does. if you want to call concrete a raw material even though it's not... then fine. is an apartment building a manufactured good? wiki says: As of 2006 about seven billion cubic meters of concrete are made each year – more than one cubic meter for every person on Earth. has to be produced near or onsite. cannot be shipped long distances wet - it will solidify. economically doesn't make sense to ship dry - it's mostly sand and gravel, find those anywhere. has to be used within 24 hours or becomes waste material to be crushed for a future batch of fresh concrete. like the milk and eggs of the construction world. __________________
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