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CJ Cregg
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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 11:24 am    Planet enters 'ecological debt'

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Rising consumption of natural resources means that humans began "eating the planet" on 9 October, a study suggests.

The date symbolised the day of the year when people's demands exceeded the Earth's ability to supply resources and absorb the demands placed upon it.

The figures' authors said the world first "ecological debt day" fell on 19 December 1987, but economic growth had seen it fall earlier each year.

The data was produced by a US-based think-tank, Global Footprint Network.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6033407.stm


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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 4:35 pm    

hemp.co.uk wrote:
Only 3 percent of the U.S. original forests still remain.


Is it really surprising seeing the way people use, abuse and waste?


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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 5:53 pm    

Uh-huh, okay.


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Puck
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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 6:01 pm    

I have an incredibly difficult time taking this seriously.

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CJ Cregg
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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 6:01 pm    

Puck wrote:
I have an incredibly difficult time taking this seriously.


Why?


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Puck
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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 6:14 pm    

I have trouble imagining that many of the studies done on this kind of scale and of this type are very accurate. Also, many studies like this seem to me to be making things sound worse than they are in reality. That's just my opinion though, but it's why I take studies like this with a grain of salt.

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CJ Cregg
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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 6:15 pm    

Well we can debate how accurate it is but the main point is that we consume too much and waste too much and we should reduce it.

Would you agree with that?


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PostMon Oct 09, 2006 6:18 pm    

CJ Cregg wrote:
Well we can debate how accurate it is but the main point is that we consume too much and waste too much and we should reduce it.

Would you agree with that?


Most certainly. I don't need a study to tell me that though .


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