The World's ecological footprint...

[prof_irina]

not looking too good! Check out this article. I can't believe if everyone lived like in the US, we'd need over 5 planets!!! And yet that's the system we're trying to spread to the developing world?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4897252.stm

Comments

[the_vixxmeister]

Now that is some scary shit mate. Really, really scary.
I know that I like to try and recyle, buy recycled things and try to to waste resources like elecrticty, gas etc but it looks like I'm going to have to try harder after reading that. Thanks for the wake up call mate, really, thanks.

[ablueskier]

I'm just wondering but where did it say anything about the US? Maybe I didn't read close enough. It seemed to be saying UK = 3.1 planets over and over

[geezer_also]

whew, i thot i read it wrong :D

[prof_irina]

It was in one of the box-illustrations. It listed the footprint of several countries with little globes next to them - France was 3, US 5 point something, India 0.8 I think and so on.

[geezer_also]

actually I think the vegetarians won't have to worry much, it's us poor meat eaters.