Why We Are At 8 Billion

Soap was being mass produced

1500

The production of soap let us wash our bodies more which helped us clean out germs which lowered the death from diseases. this also lowered our death rate.

Agricultural Revolution

1701

Better farming technology meant more food produced per area of land with less labor. Therefore more food for more people.

The flush toiled was invented

1775

This gave us a place to put our "waste" so we didn’t throw it out on the street. This helped a lot with cleanliness and also helped eliminate some diseases.

Vaccines were invented

1796

These helped a lot with diseases and raised life expectancy a lot. This also lowered the death rate because fewer people died because of preventable diseases.

Industrial revolution

1840

These machines made our lives way easier so we could make more things faster. Also we were able to make more materials so we could make more machines and the cycle ceeps going.

Sewage systems were put in place

1856

This made our lives a lot cleaner which helped with preventing infections. This also lowered the death rate because we were preventing poop related diseases.

Germs were discovered

1860

This made scientists think about making vaccines to some diseases and it also proved that most diseases traveled by the transfer of germs.

Cars and Trucks were invented

1885

This helped us transport things like medicine and food farther in less time.

Lysol disinfectant spray was invented

1889

This allowed us to disinfect our furniture so that there were fewer germs.

Planes were invented

1903

This helped us transport food extremely long distances in a very short time.