Calculate Your Ecological Footprint

[zendawn]

Calculate Your Ecological Footprint

Wanna know how much your life style impacts on the ecology of the planet?

Try this test.

http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm

According to my results, it would take 3 earths to support everyone living a similar lifestyle.

And there was me thinking i was being green.

[Alan Waddington]

5 Earths - but then I went thru again and totally lied & still needed 4.4 hectares - i.e. 2 Earths.

But more importantly, the oil will run out in less then 100 years. I expect to see the beginning of the huge changes that will bring in my lifetime ... and I'm about halfway through that already!

[Xaccers]

There's only one thing for it, ditch fossile fuel powerstations and have loads of nuclear ones

4.6 Earths.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

There's only one thing for it, ditch fossile fuel powerstations and have loads of nuclear ones

We should be more brave

edit- YOUR RESULTS:
Food Footprint 1.3 hectares or 3.3 acres
Transportation Footprint 0.1 hectares or 0.3 acres
Housing Footprint 0.6 hectares or 1.6 acres
Other Footprints 0.8 hectares or 1.9 acres

Total Footprint per person 2.9 hectares or 7.1 acres

1.5 earths

One benefit of being poor

[Julian]

3.7 earths.

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by dellwear

We should be more brave

Its not as polluting as fossil fuels.
The spent fuel can be recycled, and any remaining waste can be launched into the sun, or to the moon.

It will seriously reduce the greenhouse affect.
Of course as soon as we can we should move to fusion reactors and shut down the fission reactors.

[zendawn]

Oh looks like im not doing too bad then.
Alan needs over 5 earths
You'd have to live like a hermit in order to only need one
earth according to that test.
Population control is the key to set the earth free.

[zendawn]

Originally Posted by dellwear

We should be more brave

edit- YOUR RESULTS:
Total Footprint per person 2.9 hectares or 7.1 acres

1.5 earths

One benefit of being poor

How much space did you give to other species??

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by zendawn

How much space did you give to other species??

The recommended 12%, was that wrong?

[zendawn]

Originally Posted by dellwear

The recommended 12%, was that wrong?

No I was just wondering how the percentage affects the results .

I used 20% - it made a difference of about 0.5 earths from the 12% figure.

[zendawn]

I've done it again, this time with 12%, only a
slight improvement tho.

2.6 earths.

[zendawn]

Originally Posted by Pem

I used 20% - it made a difference of about 0.5 earths from the 12% figure.

I can't quite see how it affects the calculation. (in mathematical terms)
An 8% increase in space (given??) to other species means, based on your
results, means another half an earth?

So I assume for every 16% you give to other species, we would need a whole extra earth?? Am I reading it right?

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.