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09-05-2004, 01:06

Well my "footprint" is 57.4% of the Average American.

It's obviously American because it does *not* have anywhere to say "I don't own a car" or "I have double glazing and don't use air conditioning" etc etc!!

The "how much space should be set aside for other species" is pretty meaningless IMO because most human habitation is clumped together in cities or other "centralised" areas, yet using the 12% "recommended" figure it would require 3.1 Earths to support everyone at my standard of living.

Also, of course, there are huge swathes of the world who do *not* have that standard of living (or the opportunity to have it) eg Africa, China, India, Bangladesh etc, so it's pretty pointless to calculate how 6 billion people would live the way I (or anyone else) does.

09-05-2004, 01:06	#15
Graham Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Calculate Your Ecological Footprint Well my "footprint" is 57.4% of the Average American. It's obviously American because it does not have anywhere to say "I don't own a car" or "I have double glazing and don't use air conditioning" etc etc!! The "how much space should be set aside for other species" is pretty meaningless IMO because most human habitation is clumped together in cities or other "centralised" areas, yet using the 12% "recommended" figure it would require 3.1 Earths to support everyone at my standard of living. Also, of course, there are huge swathes of the world who do not have that standard of living (or the opportunity to have it) eg Africa, China, India, Bangladesh etc, so it's pretty pointless to calculate how 6 billion people would live the way I (or anyone else) does.