How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 1189 Location: Madison,Wisconsin
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:35 am Post subject:
Wow,I like that. Well, I don t like my results, but my ability to chose where i live just got a bit more informed as in the last few months. I will have to retake this again. _________________ Azreal60
Results:
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.6
MOBILITY 0.9
SHELTER 0.8
GOODS/SERVICES 1.3
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.6
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 5.3 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 1.8 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.6 PLANETS.
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Anyone know where we can find another 1.6 Earths lying around? Better than average at least!! :D _________________ Burning the midnight oil, whilst I still can.
Joined: Aug 13, 2004 Posts: 1179 Location: Richmond, VA, Pale Blue Dot
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:57 am Post subject:
yeah this one is sorta a downer...but it can be fun
Fun things to try...
-Try to get it down to 1 planet
-try other countries to see what their avgs are
US is worst, as you might have guessed. We have to transport everything hundreds if not thousands of miles. Anyone who thinks we will not be hurt at all is in denial. Its hard to say how much tho. I try to stay opimistic, but there is a fine line between denial and optimism.
wow.
I'm using more than I thought... and we grow a lot of our own food... but I drive far more than I would like for my job... yet one more reason to quit the damn job and start investing my time where it will be more productive in the long run - my homestead.
Kathy
Attempting to ditch the car didn't seem to make too much difference :
3.0 -> 1.7 planets.
Ah well. Managed to get down to 1.0 planet with no car, no public transport (100% telecommuting?), very little meat eating, dump much less rubbish, etc.
14 in Florida. Just so you know, southern Florida is one of the worst largely populated areas in the country for public transportation. _________________ "If humans don't control their numbers, nature will." -Pimentel
"There is not enough trash to go around for everyone," said Banrel, one of the participants in the cattle massacre.
"George W. Bush loves poor people. He keeps making more of them." -unkn
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Anyone know where we can find another 1.6 Earths lying around? 
Better than average at least!! :D
21... yikes! I must get out of Phoenix, no local food and the air-conditioner runs 24/7...
wow.
