Calculate your Ecological Footprint

[I AM]

^^^cause he's from a different country. the first thing you do on there is pick your country.

yep..I did mine as if I lived in the Netherlands....this is what I got....my results for the US were double this at least.

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 1.4
MOBILITY 0.3
SHELTER 1.7
GOODS/SERVICES 1.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 5

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 2.8 PLANETS.

 

[ThaG]

yes, but it says worldwide

 

[I AM]

yes, but it says worldwide

Then why is the first thing it requires you to do selecting your country of habitation? Obviously different nations use more resources than others and are more developed, or they also have bigger living spaces. I'd tend to think Europe has smaller living quarters for the general population that can't afford a mansion....where as in the US...you can buy a 5 bedroom, 4 bath, with pool and yard in Texas for under 250K.

 

[ThaG]

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

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

these two statements are clearly contradictory

 

[I AM]

I didn't even look at that part....that's pretty odd...maybe it's not as accurate as the site claims.

 

[rekomstop]

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 2.5

MOBILITY 2

SHELTER 1.5

GOODS/SERVICES 3.2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 9



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 2.1 PLANETS.


....do i really have the lowest score?
2 planets is still a lot..

 

[iaoish]

I got 1.9 ... still too much tho

 

[Hutch]

I'm surprised no-one picked up on it:

(a) Globally, there exists 4.5 ACRES per person

(b) Globally, there exists 1.8 HECTARES per person

1 hectare = 2.471 acres, thus 4.5 acres = 1.82 hectares.

They are the exact same value. The figure differs because Europe/Australia use a different unit of size measurement than the US.

I received a value of 6.7 hectares (16.5 acres) from an Australian average of 7.6 hectares (18.7 acres). We would need 3.7 planets if everyone lived like me...

Alternatively, the governments could get their shit together and develop sustainable, renewable fuels, manage farm practices better and do a million things which could reduce the energy I'm forced to use (I don't drive and have to eat to survive, use energy saving items in the home including CFLs - how am I meant to change what I do to fit into this glorious '1 world required' picture?).

 

[ThaG]

I'm surprised no-one picked up on it:

(a) Globally, there exists 4.5 ACRES per person

(b) Globally, there exists 1.8 HECTARES per person

1 hectare = 2.471 acres, thus 4.5 acres = 1.82 hectares.

They are the exact same value. The figure differs because Europe/Australia use a different unit of size measurement than the US.

I received a value of 6.7 hectares (16.5 acres) from an Australian average of 7.6 hectares (18.7 acres). We would need 3.7 planets if everyone lived like me...

Alternatively, the governments could get their shit together and develop sustainable, renewable fuels, manage farm practices better and do a million things which could reduce the energy I'm forced to use (I don't drive and have to eat to survive, use energy saving items in the home including CFLs - how am I meant to change what I do to fit into this glorious '1 world required' picture?).

OK, I see now

but I copy-pasted these and it was hectares on both

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

WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

 

[ThaG]

Alternatively, the governments could get their shit together and develop sustainable, renewable fuels, manage farm practices better and do a million things which could reduce the energy I'm forced to use (I don't drive and have to eat to survive, use energy saving items in the home including CFLs - how am I meant to change what I do to fit into this glorious '1 world required' picture?).

BTW "1 world required" is still too much, the goal is to make it 1/2

 

[Hutch]

BTW "1 world required" is still too much, the goal is to make it 1/2

I suppose we could probably only use half the world in order to live sustainably or thereabouts. Nothings changed though - I don't need an eco-footprint website to tell me that we are all fucked.