Find out your ecological footprint (Beat my score!)

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[End Times Sentinel]

A little 1 minute quiz I found while trolling around on a lefty site.

 

Take the quiz yourself  and see if you can beat my score of 20!

 

Admitedly, I'm vulnerable in the mobility category, but I'm going to see if I can't eat meat at every meal to up my food score.

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	CATEGORY	ACRES
	FOOD	5.4
	MOBILITY	1.7
	SHELTER	4.9
	GOODS/SERVICES	7.7
	TOTAL FOOTPRINT	20

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 4.4 PLANETS.

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I for one, am proud of how many people I put to work through my consumption. It's my little part in the war on poverty.

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[P.O.E.]

12.9 Planets.

Maybe I should ask EarthDayNetwork to pay my salary so I can stay home instead of driving to work.

[Dick Vomer]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

an F-350 for me a GMC suburban for the wife and 4 meat eating kids, 1 German Shepard and a 4750 sq. ft house.... with AC on 24-7.... even if it's cold. ALL your planets are belong to ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ngc6656]

They're trying to slide a lot of hidden assumptions past the reader.

How true! If you reverse engineer their 4.5 biologically productive acres per person in the world, you will find they have calculated or assumed that only 19% of the world's surface is biologically productive. They ignore the oceans and seas: at latest report some of the most biologically productive places on Earth. Add these water areas to the 19% and the total jumps to around 80%. Sorry, but multiple planet users are going to have to give up three-quarters of their leases. ;>)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Mine was fourteen, including the family of four in the equation. If my husband calculated his, he would probably double mine.

[Carry_Okie]

Am I missing something on this thread???

No. What you see is what they use.

We can all do a better job of not wasting and yes, that means the environment, too. BUT, I won't give up meat.

Agreed. Grazing is a good thing. We need more of it. My bet is that the numbers the thugs use on that one are wildly distorted.

How'd ya like me new tag line?

[TLOne]

30, I'm sure my Motorbike hurt me some. Without it I may have earned another planet.

[AuntB]

Yes, I like it!

[MissL]

I am afraid I am a bit more of a "consumer" !!!

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 3.2

MOBILITY 0.7

SHELTER 11.1

GOODS/SERVICES 10.9

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 26



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 5.8 PLANETS.

[beavus]

I did it twice. The first time I filled it out truthfully, saying I lived in the USA and it told me we'd need 4.4 planets if everyone lived like me.

Then, I filled everything out the same except that I said that I lived in Nigeria. It then told me that we'd need only 1.4 planets!

Nice propaganda tool. Persuade everyone that the USA is the problem.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

At that rate, the planet should have been exhausted sometime around the birth of Christ.

Looks like the environazis got it wrong again.

[Eaker]

I am too tired to read the entire thread as I usually do.

Here is my result.

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 70

Do I win?

[cavtrooper21]

Footprint of 26
5.9 planets....
Sheesh..

[Publius6961]

CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 6.2
MOBILITY 13.6
SHELTER 10.1
GOODS/SERVICES 26.9

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 57

OK. What do I win?
OK OK... so I may have lied about a couple of things...

: )

[Publius6961]

Damm.
I forgot to record the planet thingies...

[gg188]

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.4 PLANETS.

If everyone lived like you, and if people worldwide were oppressed by communism and islam cults, we would need 4.4 planets.

If everyone lived like you, and if people everywhere were free to MEET your demands, everyone would live like you.

[Big Giant Head]

Wow, this really shows what a poor "quiz" this is. The lovely and gracious Marie Antoinette and I live VERY frugally, I drive a 40 MPH honda, we use a low water toilet, florecent bulbs that use 1/6th the electricity, cloth diapers, etc. etc. etc.

However I drive two hours to school, for aviation, so I fly more than 100 hours/year in a cessna, and put nearly 800 miles/week on my car. I live in a big house with my big family.

My results:


Food 5.9
Mobility 11.1
shelter 4.9
goods services 14.6

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 36!

If everyone lived like me 8.2 planets!

What crap. I figured to be below the average.

[hattend]

6.6 planets...I'm not trying hard enough.
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CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 5.9

MOBILITY 4.4

SHELTER 7.9

GOODS/SERVICES 11.1

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 29

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 6.6 PLANETS.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

16.3 planets - woo-hoo! Take that greenie-weenies!

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 6.9

MOBILITY 12.6

SHELTER 18.5

GOODS/SERVICES 28.2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 66



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 14.9 PLANETS.

[RightWhale]

I use 15 acres, which I happen to own. That's 3.3 planets and can title to the extra 2.3 planets be transferred to me expeditiously? Mars shouldn't count as a whole planet because it is so small, so I will need Venus, Mars, and enough moons and asteroids to equal another full planet.