I just found this article, and it scared the hell out of me.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4897252.stm

I just saw that too. Scary stuff.

this article got me thinking (again) about my own consusmption. I started looking around the internet, and so far have relocated the ecological footprint quiz:

http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp

and this wonderful page on how to reduce your footprint via various methods:

http://www.newdream.org/cnad/user/turn_the_tide.php

Wow. :eek: I wonder how many Earths it would take for the U.S. level of consumption. (I'm not trying to imply anything, I don't want to start an argument haha, just wondering.)

veggiejanie, I think it is about 5.4 - it says in the article. Scarey, huh?

what's the time frame on this?

This link might help you...You can get to the actual report too, though I'm not sure that the basis was timeframes really.

http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/Britainstartseatingtheplanet160406.aspx

Why is that scary?

i dont know how to word this correctly...but i think if we were given 3.1 planets..wed just find ways to kill those to, and then wed be back in the same situation as we are now.

thats teh martini speaking...

How the **** we could live on .1 of a planet I have no idea. We'd have to wear leashes or something.

[QUOTE=silverundertone]i dont know how to word this correctly...but i think if we were given 3.1 planets..wed just find ways to kill those to, and then wed be back in the same situation as we are now.

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I agree. The whole aim should be to be sustainable on 1 planet, not just destroy, move on, destroy, move on. I always think it's hilarious when people proclaim our superiority because of our supposed hightened intelligence, yet we can't even preserve the very thing that keeps us alive, we're KNOWINGLY destroying everything we depend on for survival. *Smart*

I think it is one of the tradgedies of human nature that we are clever enough to destroy, but seemingly not to save. Though not in all cases...

I've been thinking about this a lot, our level of consumption. Our country talks about theoretically bringing people in developing countries to a higher standard of living....but I'm wondering how the earth can afford this, since essentailly what is meant is to bring them closer to our standard of living. To have people able to buy more goods. Even though if you think about it, it really is WE who need to lower are standard of consumption/living. We believe that having everyone closer to our standard is a 'compassionate' way of thinking. But compassionate in what way?

How can we get off this train?

On a related note, last year UK exported 10,000 lbs of potatos to France. They also imported 10,000 lbs of potatos FROM France.

B

Well, you can either go back to square one and end up with the same problems later, or advance past it and end up with new problems later.

It's all these people buying them Hummers.


It's all their fault..




































J/k.

Well this is not news to me, unfortunately. I've thought about this, and I don't know what to say. I guess we'll just need to move to another planet :sunny: