Ecological Footprint Quiz

turmoil · Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

Anyone gonna try going vegan...

If you need any coaxing try the PETA website. I'm not gonna thrst this on anyone cause its a real lifestyle changer. But what could be worse than the oil crisis...

tkn317071 · Heavy Crude Joined: May 29, 2004 Posts: 106

The other day, I sat down with my wife to a really tasty dinner of noodles and tofu (we eat tofu periodically, as well as meat) when it suddenly dawned on me that the meal was vegan, not a trace of animal product in it, and it was delicious!

While I still enjoy eating meat, it was shocking to me that a vegan meal could be delicious and filling and that I could be satisfied.

I guess the point is that we weren't trying to be vegan but the recipe just happened to be.

Leanan · News Editor Joined: May 20, 2004 Posts: 4490

Post the recipe. :D

born2respawn · Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

tkn317071 · Heavy Crude Joined: May 29, 2004 Posts: 106

k_semler · Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:55 pm Post subject:

CATEGORY ACRES

FOOD 6.9

MOBILITY 5.9

SHELTER 4.7

GOODS/SERVICES 7.2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 25

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 5.6 PLANETS.
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lowem · Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:00 am Post subject:

lowem · Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:05 am Post subject:

Oh I get it. You get automatically switched to either hectares or acres. I suppose it has got to do with which region you select.

Divide by 2.471 to get from acres to hectares.

So that makes :

25 -> 10.1
20 -> 8.1
17 -> 6.9

Hmm. That's still high. Wow.

You need 4 or 5 planets, dudes! Twisted Evil

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lowem · Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:07 am Post subject:

Is it me, or did I miss the earlier posts all of a sudden? Hmm. Another of those "ghost in the machine" episodes ...
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Terran · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject:

only 13, its really good for someone from California.

Barbara · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:44 am Post subject:

My footprint 4.8

Country is 3.8 Embarassed

I need 2.7 planets! Where is the other 1.7????
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Barbara · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:54 am Post subject:

This quiz makes me think of something.

We can use 2.something planets BECAUSE many others are using 0.2 or 0.1.

So, when they say that we are rich THANKS to poors, they're right.

Sad

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davidyson · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:42 am Post subject:

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 1.3

MOBILITY 1

SHELTER 0.8

GOODS/SERVICES 1.4

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.5

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 4.7 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

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

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.5 PLANETS.

MrPC · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:04 am Post subject:

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD 3.4
MOBILITY 0
SHELTER 0.5
GOODS/SERVICES 0.5
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 4.4

IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY (Australia) IS 7.6 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

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

IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.4 PLANETS.