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Old 01-16-2005, 06:39 PM   #21
Sir Goulum
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Just as a test, I tried to find the best way to live, and how many planets it would take:

FOOD 0.4
MOBILITY 0
SHELTER 0.4
GOODS/SERVICES 0.3
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 1.1

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 8.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.0 PLANETS
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Old 01-16-2005, 07:30 PM   #22
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Well heres my results

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 2.6
MOBILITY 0.5
SHELTER 2.7
GOODS/SERVICES 3.3
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 9.1

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 7.6 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 5.1 PLANETS.
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Old 01-16-2005, 08:12 PM   #23
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FOOD 1.3
MOBILITY 0.9
SHELTER 1.7
GOODS/SERVICES 2.8
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 6.7

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 4.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 3.7 PLANETS

yeah right.
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Old 01-16-2005, 09:23 PM   #24
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Eh, am I winning so far, then? Probably because I never use a car... about five times a year probably. And I don't eat as much as I reckon I should.

Oh well, still not good enough! Come on people, every single one of us needs to turn vegetarian and never burn ANYTHING ever again, lest we destroy Earth, which was obviously destined to survive forever.
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Old 01-16-2005, 09:57 PM   #25
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Your footprint doesn't count. [img]tongue.gif[/img] You cheated. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 01-16-2005, 10:06 PM   #26
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Originally posted by Jaradu:
Okay... I think I answered the questions as disgustingly as possible...

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 25.7 PLANETS
Hey, everybody! Party at jaradu's ! ! !
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Old 01-16-2005, 10:10 PM   #27
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quote:
Originally posted by Jaradu:
Okay... I think I answered the questions as disgustingly as possible...

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 25.7 PLANETS
Hey, everybody! Party at jaradu's ! ! ! [/QUOTE]Hell yeah! There's plenty of room! I live by myself in a 120m x 120m standalone house! Plus, as much processed food as you can eat!
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Old 01-17-2005, 04:48 AM   #28
Variol (Farseer) Elmwood
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Join Date: May 16, 2003
Location: Dartmouth, NS Canada
Age: 58
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FOOD 2.8
MOBILITY 0.1
SHELTER 3.6
GOODS/SERVICES 2.9
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 9.4

Shees 5.2 plants!

I don't think the thing is at all accurate anyway.

I find it really hard to conserve out here. I ask people who work with me to car pool all the time but they always have some dumb excuse. I've converted all my heaters to new, more efficient ones. We only have to put our regular garbage out once a month 'cos we have so little. I've even changed most of the lights to florescent.

My wife just got the "save a ton" challenge in the mail. She saw it on TV (Canada only I think) and sent away for it. It challenges Canadians to cut down 1 ton in pollution.
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Old 01-17-2005, 05:51 AM   #29
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I tried it both ways, from my actual current living situation and also theoretically if I and my wife moved back to my hometown. Both were at footprint 8.8 and needing 4.9 planets.

Don't know about accurate, but definitely consistent. Given that one place is teeming with humanity (Shanghai) and the other is BFE Alaska with only about 2000 people, seemed odd until I realized that the two are about polar opposites in almost all ways. What does this test tell me? People in Alaska need more space. Yup, that's why there are less than 1,000,000 people in the *whole state*.
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Old 01-17-2005, 06:49 AM   #30
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Nice link.

FOOD 1.4
MOBILITY 0.1
SHELTER 0.6
GOODS/SERVICES 0.6

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2.7

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 4.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.


IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.5 PLANETS
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