How many planets would we need if everyone on Earth lived like you?

[chequita guevara]

For me it turns out that if all six billion of us lived like me, we'd need 4.9 Earths to feed, cloth, house, and transport all of us. Personally, I take up about 8.9 hectares (US average is 9.7, so I'm a little better than most of my countrymen--but not as good as I thought). "Worldwide, there exist 1.8 biologically productive global hectares per person."

What about you?
Disposable Planet

[Boris Godunov]

2.6 hectares, requiring 1.4 planets. I got major reduction in points due to my transportation situation and living in NYC.

[General Ludd]

1.7 planets, and 3 hectors.

Edited to add that the average in Canada is 8.8 hectors.

[monolith94]

4.2 hectares SUCK IT

[Tingkai]

I take up 4.8 ha (the average ecological footprint for China is 1.5 ha). If everyone lived like me we'd need 2.7 planets.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by monolith94
4.2 hectares SUCK IT

...okay, no comment.

[monolith94]

This test is bull****. I pretended to be a person from Malaysia who was vegan and lived an ABSOLUTELY GREEN life and it said we would need 1 planet!
I'm an environmentalist but even I have to say that this test is skewed.

[Boris Godunov]

So the Communist turns out to be the biggest burden on the planet so far... oh, the irony!

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by monolith94
This test is bull****. I pretended to be a person from Malaysia who was vegan and lived an ABSOLUTELY GREEN life and it said we would need 1 planet!
I'm an environmentalist but even I have to say that this test is skewed.

You expect to be able to live in the void of space because you live green?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
So the Communist turns out to be the biggest burden on the planet so far... oh, the irony!

Che is all talk and no walk.

[Giancarlo]

The test is full of it.... 6 hectares and 3.3 planets. I do use more resources than my average countrymen, who use 4.7 each.

The test is skewed. No way I use less resources than Chegitz.

[Tingkai]

I did a re-calculation and my number over 7.6 ha. The problem is flying time. A trip from HK to Canada, and then back, can take more than 30 hours. If I flew more than 100 hours, the footprint jumps to more than 15 ha.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Osweld
You expect to be able to live in the void of space because you live green?

I guess he was assuming that, since they gave you portions of planets beyond 1, they'd subdivide the first as well. But good point...

[CyberGnu]

Hmm, I filled in the thing twice with exactly the same answers, one for sweden and one ofr Los Angleles... Turned out that my footprint more than doubled just for moving... And my lifestyl is pretty much unchanged....

Biased test?Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aah...

[monolith94]

No Osweld
If I lived the way I polled, and EVERYONE did, then I'm sure we could support another few billion. Heck maybe more than that.