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"If everybody lived like people in the Netherlands, we would need 3.6 Earths. It would take 7.3 Netherlands to regenerate everything the country’s residents dem
by Hammershaft 4y ago
"If everybody lived like people in the Netherlands, we would need 3.6 Earths. It would take 7.3 Netherlands to regenerate everything the country’s residents demand from nature."
I've heard this metric before and I find it believable but I'm curious of how it is calculated and what assumptions it's based on.
- Y-bar 4y agoYou can find the Data & Methodology here: https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/data/ https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/data/
- RektBoy 4y agoI'm curious what is the number for US then? 1000 Earths?
- masklinn 4y agoThe US’ overshoot day is March 13, 19.73% into the year. So a bit under 5.1 earthes. Although interestingly because the USA are a large, sparse, and resource-rich country, it doesn’t live that much beyond its own means ecologically: 2.4 USA would be enough to fulfill its needs, whereas (per the above) the netherlands being a dense and resource-poor country it would need a bit more than 7 of itself.