Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate

Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday. Today, 80 percent of countries use more biocapacity than is available within their borders. They import resources from abroad, deplete their own stocks and fill "waste sinks," such as the atmosphere and ocean, with carbon dioxide.
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  1. #1    Keep repeating after the Pope, "The earth doesn't have a population problem, the earth doesn't have a population problem." And wave a sacrificed chicken over your head while you chant it. Couldn't hurt.
    written by smchris since 75 days 20 hours 49 minutessmchris
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