Europe's 'ecological footprint' double sustainable levels

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I wonder if I'll live to see the collapse of modern society?

http://www.euractiv.com/en/sustainability/europe-ecological-footprint-double-sustainable-levels/article-159056

A new report by the WWF has shown that the EU is continuing to consume its natural resources far faster than it can renew them, although the level of performance between different member states is widely diverging.


The European Union’s ‘ecological footprint’ is estimated to be more than twice its own biocapacity. The term ‘ecological footprint’ refers to a measurement of human resources that compares the rate the planet is using its resources with its ability to renew them. Europe is consuming 4.8 hectares per capita a year (its footprint) but its capacity to regenerate is only 2.2 hectares per capita, leaving it running at a ‘deficit’ of 2.6. This reflects a wider trend on the global level with the study highlighting the fact that the world’s overall ‘ecological footprint’ has tripled since 1961 and predicting that by the middle of the century “large-scale ecosystem collapse” is likely.

Within the EU-25, large discrepancies are evident, with the likes of Spain and Greece having increased the size of their footprint by almost 100% since 1975, leaving an imprint that now measures more than three and-a-half times their capacity to regenerate. This is in sharp contrast with Finland, Sweden and Latvia, which have more than four times the size of their 'footprint' to spare.

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1. If Europe's is double...

I can't imagine what the U.S.'s is! :scared: :scared: :scared:

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2. About 5x.