Second Planet Needed to Meet Natural-Resources Demand

Antaletriangle · 10-29-2008, 12:25 PM

I'm sure this is one amongst many of the sick justifications for a world 'cull' by the PTB.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=a1Uh.Y.6OQ04
By Alex Morales

Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Wanted: A Second planet Earth.

That's what humans will need by the mid-2030s to keep up with our demand for metals, fossil fuels, timber and waste disposal, the environmental group WWF said in a global survey that found the United Arab Emirates to be the most wasteful country.

Humanity's consumption exceeds the Earth's capacity to regenerate its resources by 30 percent, the organization known in the U.S. as the World Wildlife Fund said today in a joint report with the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network, an Oakland, California-based research group.

``We are already living in a way that the planet cannot sustain, and the problem is getting worse by the year,'' WWF Director-General James Leape said by telephone in London.

Losing plants and animals erodes wealth of human beings, the European Commission said in May. Trees and animals protect coasts, provide food and medicines and conserve soil. Their disappearance may clip the equivalent of 7 percent of economic output by 2050, the commission said in a study on the economics of biodiversity.

The United Arab Emirates was the country with the biggest ``ecological footprint'' per person. The country, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, needs 9.5 hectares (23 acres) of cropland, pasture, forests, fisheries and space for infrastructure to provide for each of its inhabitants and to absorb their waste products and greenhouse gases, the study said.

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Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Second Planet Needed to Meet Natural-Resources Demand I'm sure this is one amongst many of the sick justifications for a world 'cull' by the PTB. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=a1Uh.Y.6OQ04 By Alex Morales Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Wanted: A Second planet Earth. That's what humans will need by the mid-2030s to keep up with our demand for metals, fossil fuels, timber and waste disposal, the environmental group WWF said in a global survey that found the United Arab Emirates to be the most wasteful country. Humanity's consumption exceeds the Earth's capacity to regenerate its resources by 30 percent, the organization known in the U.S. as the World Wildlife Fund said today in a joint report with the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network, an Oakland, California-based research group. ``We are already living in a way that the planet cannot sustain, and the problem is getting worse by the year,'' WWF Director-General James Leape said by telephone in London. Losing plants and animals erodes wealth of human beings, the European Commission said in May. Trees and animals protect coasts, provide food and medicines and conserve soil. Their disappearance may clip the equivalent of 7 percent of economic output by 2050, the commission said in a study on the economics of biodiversity. The United Arab Emirates was the country with the biggest ``ecological footprint'' per person. The country, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, needs 9.5 hectares (23 acres) of cropland, pasture, forests, fisheries and space for infrastructure to provide for each of its inhabitants and to absorb their waste products and greenhouse gases, the study said. cont.on link above. Last edited by Antaletriangle; 10-29-2008 at 12:29 PM.