Posted on 03/17/2008 2:09:23 PM PDT by Angry Mad Scientist
From my child's school - their assignment.
This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.
Directions 1. Go to http://www.earthday.net/footprint/. 2. Put your cursor over North America and a pull down bar will appear. 3. Move your cursor so it highlights “United States of America”. A second pull down bar will appear. 4. Move your cursor so that English is highlighted and click your mouse.
The enviros are always selling apocalypse in some form or another.
CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 5.7
MOBILITY 20
SHELTER 7.2
GOODS/SERVICES 24.7
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 58
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 12.9 PLANETS.
I took the quiz and said I do not travel -0- miles per week. I am a house wife. But it still said for everyone to live like me it would take 4.6 plants. HA I do not believe that.
I got a 20.
I missed the part of the quiz where they stated how many planets would be needed if “EVERYONE PRODUCED LIKE YOU”.
Cleveland?
Um, try recalculating and include the below surface use of the planet. Scientists can be such dolts ...
Chicago, actually. Later that year we moved to Phoenix... had to stay one step ahead of the glaciers! ;-)
3.6 planets.
These morons need to stop worrying ‘bout ecology and start workin’ on a really good space program.
Answer: WHO CARES?
Phoenix was a bad idea, though ... when the global warming hits, you're gonna fry!
Don't tell the nice people, 'kay?
Beat you! My lifestyle requires 33 planets.
Master of all I survey, and of my 33 planets.
I’d like to meet the person with no electricity and no running water who is able to take this survey.
CATEGORY ACRES
FOOD 6.9
MOBILITY 3.7
SHELTER 8.9
GOODS/SERVICES 8.6
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 28
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 6.3 PLANETS.
Oh, I suck next to your usage.
Why be angry? I love the space program, and this just tells me that we need expand it. Next stop, Mars.
Ask your kid if there’s a footprint printout for each and every teacher next to their classroom door.
If not, demand of the principal that they do so. Also demand that all teachers with a ‘large footprint’ post an improvement plan, and achieve significant improvement by next school year (an outcome based activity).
Also require ‘unhappy face’ stickers on the front and rear of all staff vehicles that get less than 30 mpg. Also demand the school be set to 66 degrees in winter and 78 degrees in summer.
This is just a start; there’s so many more ways to urge government school employees to walk their talk.
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