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Both Canada and the US share an overshoot date of March 13th. Assuming roughly equal consumption but very different population density, I wonder how they came t
by pitched 3y ago
Both Canada and the US share an overshoot date of March 13th. Assuming roughly equal consumption but very different population density, I wonder how they came to the exact same day?
- grotorea 3y agoIt doesn't adjust for density like that. > A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country.
- pitched 3y agoThanks! It sounds like the metric is something like specific consumption divided by global production. I imagine the reason for that is because specific consumption over specific production would only highlight export economies? I think we’re more likely to advance on the production side with improving yields and reducing waste rather than trying to reduce consumption though. This metric wouldn’t really show progress in that direction.