Suppose that we allowed each person 1000 m3 of living space in a large building, with ceiling height 3 m

To the nearest order of magnitude, how many 1000 m high
buildings would have to be built to house the entire population of 8.5 x 1014 people on the
energy-limited Earth if each building's base were 100 km on a side?
a. 101
b. 102
c. 105
d. 108
e. 1013


A

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