CelticWarrior
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According to The Weather Network it appears there's an increase in the resource consumption that the Earth cannot keep up with due to the ever expanding population.
"The calculation looks at the number of agricultural crops, cotton, carbon emissions, and trees cut down around the world, compared to what the planet can renew in the year.
(World Biocapacity/World Ecological Footprint) x 365 = Ecological Debt
The equation is calculated by the Global Footprint Network, and data suggests it is happening earlier as the human population expands.
Throughout the 1970's, the day typically occurred in December, advancing to November by the 1980's, September by the 2000's, and now August."
"Humanity’s carbon footprint alone more than doubled since the early 1970's, when the world went into ecological overshoot. It remains the fastest growing component of the widening gap between the Ecological Footprint and the planet’s biocapacity,” Mathis Wackernagel, president of Global Footprint Network, says in a statement.
Still, some industry watchers are confident humanity can turn things around.
“We are encouraged by the recent developments on the front line of renewable energy, which have been accelerating worldwide, and by the increasing awareness of the finance industry that a low-carbon economy is the way of the future,” Wackernagel says.
“Going forward, we cannot stress enough the vital importance of reducing the carbon footprint."
Sources: Global Footprint Network | The Weather Channel
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/weve-used-up-earths-2015-resources-in-less-than-8-months/55811/
I don't think there's enough recycling programs or lack of monetary greed to reduce enough of the resource consumption on our planet. The population will continue to increase - no help from agricultural industry feeding the masses carbohydrates by the tonne - but it may come down to people starving in future years after they can no longer keep up with the crops in addition to harsh winters and other planetary disasters from global cooling and Earth changes.
"The calculation looks at the number of agricultural crops, cotton, carbon emissions, and trees cut down around the world, compared to what the planet can renew in the year.
(World Biocapacity/World Ecological Footprint) x 365 = Ecological Debt
The equation is calculated by the Global Footprint Network, and data suggests it is happening earlier as the human population expands.
Throughout the 1970's, the day typically occurred in December, advancing to November by the 1980's, September by the 2000's, and now August."
"Humanity’s carbon footprint alone more than doubled since the early 1970's, when the world went into ecological overshoot. It remains the fastest growing component of the widening gap between the Ecological Footprint and the planet’s biocapacity,” Mathis Wackernagel, president of Global Footprint Network, says in a statement.
Still, some industry watchers are confident humanity can turn things around.
“We are encouraged by the recent developments on the front line of renewable energy, which have been accelerating worldwide, and by the increasing awareness of the finance industry that a low-carbon economy is the way of the future,” Wackernagel says.
“Going forward, we cannot stress enough the vital importance of reducing the carbon footprint."
Sources: Global Footprint Network | The Weather Channel
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/weve-used-up-earths-2015-resources-in-less-than-8-months/55811/
I don't think there's enough recycling programs or lack of monetary greed to reduce enough of the resource consumption on our planet. The population will continue to increase - no help from agricultural industry feeding the masses carbohydrates by the tonne - but it may come down to people starving in future years after they can no longer keep up with the crops in addition to harsh winters and other planetary disasters from global cooling and Earth changes.
