Doors vs Wheels

[Jazzy]

What do you think: Does the world contain more doors or more wheels? (Please explain your choice)

 

[Fritz Kobus]

It is a curious question. Typical house around here probably has 7 to 10 doors I am guessing, and a couple of cars. Might come out pretty even around here, but then we have rural areas, ghettos, third world etc. Lot of different societies with different vehicle to house ratios. Also then there are stores, factories, schools, government offices, etc. But then a lot of cars in junkyards and on sales lots. Stockpiles of doors and wheels in warehouses. And then if we consider there are other wheels than just on our automobiles, such as bicycles, roller skates, lawn mowers, inside of various mechanical devices, toy cars, but they have doors (or pseudo doors, though some will open).

Ah, I am going to say far more wheels than doors.

 

[tango]

What do you think: Does the world contain more doors or more wheels? (Please explain your choice)

Probably doors.

Cars come with doors and wheels. Usually four doors and usually five wheels. There are lots of cars in the world, which creates a modest surplus of wheels.

Truck trailers come with lots of wheels and few if any doors. Chalk up another modest surplus of wheels.

Buildings come with many doors - several hundred doors in the case of an apartment block. They don't have any wheels. Chalk up a huge surplus of doors.

A few types of things have wheels but no doors. Toy cars, hand carts, wheelchairs etc. I suspect there aren't anywhere near enough of them to offset the door surplus created by buildings.