If I choose to live the good life I only use one earth.
In a large cottage with electricity in a thai jungle with my wife and our child eating good food with moderate average of animal products.
One problem: Not so sure I would want to be there in ten years.
Strange idea. I would either want to live in the center of Copenhagen (like now), eastern end of central Berlin, a certain area of Tel Aviv or in an exotic jungle. No place for surburbs in my life.
EDIT: And if I'm a vegan, living in a small town in a green residence with no electricity and I never travel anywhere, I managed to get it down to 1.
hmm. wouldn't that mean that by default this website thinks we need more than one planet already? if you have to set the lowest settings on everything to get it to 1 (can't be under 1) then by their rules we can't all be living on this planet as is.
we have millions of people pushing well over 1 planet. anyone able to get their score under 1?
Before you move out from your parents house according to this test you have used your share. What did you do to get born by americans instead of, say, a chinese couple? I thought the idea of capitalism was that you earned what you get
1) I'm Australian. Duh, it says so next to my nick. How dare you mistake me for an american!
2) Capitalism has nothing in it about getting what you earned. It's about improving efficiency by competition and distributing wealth relativly evenly so that as many people benefit, use of resources is increased etc.
3) I'm sorry, do you have a point? SHOULD we all live as equals in an utopian (no-place) paradise?
4) The Jungle: nice place to visit, bad place to live?
I think the concept is a little suspect since farmers in America get paid by the government not to produce. There is a lot of farmland that isn't being used.
1) I'm Australian. Duh, it says so next to my nick. How dare you mistake me for an american!
My bad
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Originally posted by Barto
2) Capitalism has nothing in it about getting what you earned. It's about improving efficiency by competition and distributing wealth relativly evenly so that as many people benefit, use of resources is increased etc.
Capitalism do the first thing and the last thing (mostly) but not the second.
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Originally posted by Barto
3) I'm sorry, do you have a point? SHOULD we all live as equals in an utopian (no-place) paradise?
Nah. "Every man is born equal". Just make that a promise instead of a given. Let everyone have the same starting point and I would be happy. What people do with their lifes is none of my buisness.
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Originally posted by Barto
4) The Jungle: nice place to visit, bad place to live?
turns out they'er just lazy with their math. you can't score under 1 planet (which you should be able to) but it will give you numbers low enough so that if you did the math, it works out that way.
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CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 0.4
MOBILITY 0
SHELTER 0.2
GOODS/SERVICES 0.2
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 0.8
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 2.5 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.
in this case, i used 0.8, worldwide there are 1.8 per person, so it would be a bit under 0.5 planets with those settings.
i don't think you can score under 1 planet if you're from the US. have to pick another country.
This is assanine. This is a perfect example of disconnected, semantical process devoid of any common sense. Oh, and it is from the Earth Day Network. Hmmmm, I wonder what their agenda is?
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In a large cottage with electricity in a thai jungle with my wife and our child eating good food with moderate average of animal products.
One problem: Not so sure I would want to be there in ten years.
Strange idea. I would either want to live in the center of Copenhagen (like now), eastern end of central Berlin, a certain area of Tel Aviv or in an exotic jungle. No place for surburbs in my life.
EDIT: And if I'm a vegan, living in a small town in a green residence with no electricity and I never travel anywhere, I managed to get it down to 1.
hmm. wouldn't that mean that by default this website thinks we need more than one planet already? if you have to set the lowest settings on everything to get it to 1 (can't be under 1) then by their rules we can't all be living on this planet as is.
we have millions of people pushing well over 1 planet. anyone able to get their score under 1?
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.5
MOBILITY 0.6
SHELTER 0.5
GOODS/SERVICES 0.8
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 3.4
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 1.9 PLANETS.
I was quite suprise by this. I guess that is what a student gets you
low-fi
Originally posted by Anders the White
Before you move out from your parents house according to this test you have used your share. What did you do to get born by americans instead of, say, a chinese couple? I thought the idea of capitalism was that you earned what you get
1) I'm Australian. Duh, it says so next to my nick. How dare you mistake me for an american!
2) Capitalism has nothing in it about getting what you earned. It's about improving efficiency by competition and distributing wealth relativly evenly so that as many people benefit, use of resources is increased etc.
3) I'm sorry, do you have a point? SHOULD we all live as equals in an utopian (no-place) paradise?
4) The Jungle: nice place to visit, bad place to live?
Barto
Originally posted by Barto
1) I'm Australian. Duh, it says so next to my nick. How dare you mistake me for an american!
My bad
Originally posted by Barto
2) Capitalism has nothing in it about getting what you earned. It's about improving efficiency by competition and distributing wealth relativly evenly so that as many people benefit, use of resources is increased etc.
Capitalism do the first thing and the last thing (mostly) but not the second.
Originally posted by Barto
3) I'm sorry, do you have a point? SHOULD we all live as equals in an utopian (no-place) paradise?
Nah. "Every man is born equal". Just make that a promise instead of a given. Let everyone have the same starting point and I would be happy. What people do with their lifes is none of my buisness.
Originally posted by Barto
4) The Jungle: nice place to visit, bad place to live?
Unless YOU ARE THE WHITE.
CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 0.4
MOBILITY 0
SHELTER 0.2
GOODS/SERVICES 0.2
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 0.8
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 2.5 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.
in this case, i used 0.8, worldwide there are 1.8 per person, so it would be a bit under 0.5 planets with those settings.
i don't think you can score under 1 planet if you're from the US. have to pick another country.
Originally posted by Anders the White
We need the gravity of one planet
DUDE...The best weight loss scheme ever....move to the moon. Holy crap that's genius it just might work.
Originally posted by trumptman
I win I win!!!
I answered the questions to get the most points! I got it to say I would need 67 acres and 15.1 planets.
This is fun...now I need to just go back again and say I have more people in my household so my score will be even higher.
I will get the high score.. that is the point of ever game right?
Nick
actually, i believe the highest score is 30 planets -- also less people in a large house is good, i mean bad, for the enviroment
I feel like a dirty hippie. I wanted at least 5.
FOOD\t6.9
MOBILITY\t0
SHELTER\t8.9
GOODS/SERVICES\t8.2
TOTAL FOOTPRINT\t24
IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON.
WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON.
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 5.4 PLANETS.
Originally posted by SDW2001
This is assanine. This is a perfect example of disconnected, semantical process devoid of any common sense. Oh, and it is from the Earth Day Network. Hmmmm, I wonder what their agenda is?
He's right . . . eat up boys!!!!!
it aint gonna to last forever . . . yeeeeharw