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Earth overshoot day.

Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 10 months ago to Culture
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According to these econonsense no industry fanatics. We used up a years worth of resources by August 2nd the earliest ever according to this group. They say we need 1.7 earths to support our usage. It is likely subjective and meant to discourage production and consumption.

On the site they have a personal use calculator.
According to the calculator if everyone lived like I did , June 18 would be the date and We all would need 2.2 Earths.
What are the other gulchers resource calculations?


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  • Posted by 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Our city doesn't yet. Please keep it quiet. They do not need any new ideas. Hrumppph
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Every year!...ours are every 4 years but there is always the town property taxes. 125.00 on my 07 ranger per year...so we are probably even.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thanks for sharing your results and story.
    "My grandparents couldn't have dreamed of this technology, of the world supporting such an affluent life for so many people"
    That afluent life brought to us curtesy of the freedom and capitalism that made America the economic powerhouse. Both are being undermined by most of our so called "public servants".
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh...but what if I've made stronger more numerous quantumly entangled connections than the rest...then we'd not be equal in death either.

    I can assure you that they certainly will not be equal to us in any way shape or form, in life nor death for it is They that are the Great Unwashed and we, the Elite on the Streets.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, OUC, the collectivists give lip service to a thing called diversity, but they are clueless as to what diversity really is. Their real goal is to make us all the same and "equal" with no diversity at all. The problem is, as I've pointed out elsewhere in the Gulch, the only place all of us are truly equal is in the graveyard. Hmmm, maybe that's their goal.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, it's economical but the overall practice, I see as a sign of the collective progressive times.
    Hell, we are charged most recently now to check our premise and privilege if one should be born smarter than the average bear...everyone and everything Must be the same.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Gorgeous, OUC! Love the style and I really miss having a working visor window. I also notice the rarity of when you roll down the front and rear windows there isn't a post in the way of the view. Love the tail light look! You are sooooo right about the uniqueness of style and selection of those days. "Who'd have thunk" a day would come when you'd have to look twice to tell the difference between a Mustang and a Toyota. Hey, Honda, Hyundai, Impala, Malibu all have the same look. My only guess is the new sameness "look" is being driven by aerodynamic physics and fleet gas mileage to satisfy the EPA. I figure when they all look like upside down bathtubs it won't matter what you buy or drive.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Those were the days when each car model and brand was unique. Today, however, we have nothing but a collective of equal and almost identical, global ugliness to chose from.

    Here she is: bottom row, right, second to last...black with louvered hood sitting on an upgrade.
    https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p...
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  • Posted by mccannon01 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    '61 Starliner. OMG, gorgeous car! Same as you I had to work all summer to get my first car, which was a used '64 T-Bird for $200. It was actually junk except the engine (390) ran fantastic and earned me my first speeding ticket during my misspent youth. The iron ants were eating it faster than I could repair it. Oh, I won't even talk about the '65 La Mans convertible I picked up for $31 after the Bird. At least the top still worked, LOL! Gave it away after a couple of months. My third used car was a '69 GTX (440) I picked up for $475 and I had a ball with that one. Those three cars taught me auto mechanics because I was fixing them almost as much as driving them. Any of those cars in good shape are worth a lot today. Like you say: "Who'd a thunk"?
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 10 months ago
    I use 7.7 Earths according to the site, and I bike to work over half the time. This sounds grim. You have to click through to Explore Solutions to reach the positive messages. I understand what they're saying, but human ingenuity has escaped the Malthusian trap this far. I think we'll find ways to give everyone the affluent lifestyle I have and to deal with the environmental costs. Not long ago frequent travel by plane, which probably accounts for my large footprint, was for the rich "jet set". Now it's routine.

    It reminded me of how earlier this year on a business trip I drove to the Italian village where my great-grand parents came from 100 years ago. It was a long trip with no going back, back then. Now I rented a car and worked it into a routine business trip. My grandparents couldn't have dreamed of this technology, of the world supporting such an affluent life for so many people. I don't think this is the peak b/c of peak oil or environmental issues. I think in 100 years the world will support an affluent life with things like space travel, life extension, virtual reality, in ways I cannot imagine now.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ah...yes, if we only knew then what we know now.

    Last year, I got the bug to find my old car, it was a supped up 61 Ford Starliner...low and behold I did,.
    The guy wants 55K and aside from new tires and wheels...it's the same as when I sold it...it haunts me...I just can't afford or justify the price of that old memory.
    It only cost me 175.00 dollars back in the day...and it took a summer to save up for it.
    Who'd a thunk!?
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  • Posted by mccannon01 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, Beatle Boots after the Fab Four footwear. As I recall, though, even non-boot (ankle height) shoes with pointy toes were also referred to as "PFCs". Kept my Beatle Boots and a bunch of vinyl albums in a box with a few other things from the era. Tossed the whole thing out about 15 years ago when we cleaned the attic. Who'd have thought vinyl would be making a come back. I had all the albums on CD anyway. Heck, I tossed Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Dylan, Joplin, and a few others that are now all showing up in the antique markets. I guess if you live long enough you get to be an antique along with all the stuff you used to have, LOL!
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  • Posted by 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I can't disagree with the elephant being in the room.
    The lack of any plan to address health care costs or the uninsured by the Republicans got us the ACA.
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