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Old 09-29-2004, 03:18 PM   #1
glatt
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
My results:
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CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 6.9

MOBILITY 0.2

SHELTER 4.7

GOODS/SERVICES 3.5

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 15



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 3.4 PLANETS.
Apparently, it's all the milk I drink. I have milk on my cereal, cheese on my sandwich at lunch, and milk with my dinner. Apparently that takes 6.9 acres. I seriously doubt that, but can't offer up any proof. If I was a vegan, my food would be 2.7 acres.

I just took the test again and chose the most environmentally correct answer each time, and it says that if everyone lived that way, we would need one planet. Well, not everyone lives that way, and we only have one planet, so there you go.

Most environmental:
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CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 1.7

MOBILITY 0

SHELTER 0.5

GOODS/SERVICES 0.2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 2



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 1.0 PLANETS.
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