Ecological Footprint Quiz

[The Mad Viking]

Originally posted by germanos

CATEGORY GLOBAL HECTARES

FOOD 1.9

MOBILITY 1

SHELTER 2

GOODS/SERVICES 3.2

TOTAL FOOTPRINT 8.1



IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 4.8 GLOBAL HECTARES PER PERSON.

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




IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.5 PLANETS.

I call bull****: There is no way my total footprint is above the average in the Netherlands.

Of course it is. The "average" person includes infanst, schoolchildren and the elderly - many people with a zero for transportation.