"The average rates at which
people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics
and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times higher in North America,
Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are in the developing world.”
“Today, there are more than 6.5
billion people on the planet, and that number may grow to around 9 billion
within this half-century. Several decades ago, many people considered rising
population to be the main challenge facing humanity. “Now we realize that it matters
only insofar as people consume and produce."
"If India as well as China were
to catch up, world consumption rates would triple. Some optimists claim that we
could support a world with nine billion people. But I haven’t met anyone crazy
enough to claim that we could support 72 billion."
"The world has serious consumption problems, but we can solve them if we choose to do so."
For full article: "What's Your Consumption Factor" by Jared Diamond click here
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