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Benno Hansen

World is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch | Environment | ... - 1 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 14 Jan 12 - Cached
  • humans are using 30% more resources than the Earth can replenish each year, which is leading to deforestation, degraded soils, polluted air and water, and dramatic declines in numbers of fish and other species
  • we are running up an ecological debt of $4tr (£2.5tr) to $4.5tr every year
  • populations and consumption keep growing faster than technology finds new ways of expanding what can be produced from the natural world
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  • by 2030, if nothing changes, mankind would need two planets to sustain its lifestyle
  • Sir David King, the British government's former chief scientific adviser, said: "We all need to agree that there's a crisis of understanding, that we're removing the planet's biodiverse resources at a rate which is as fast if not faster than the world's last great extinction."
  • 50 countries are already experiencing "moderate to severe water stress on a year-round basis"
  • 27 countries are "importing" more than half the water they consume - in the form of water used to produce goods from wheat to cotton - including the UK, Switzerland, Austria, Norway and the Netherlands.
  • A person's footprint ranges vastly across the globe, from eight or more "global hectares" (20 acres or more) for the biggest consumers in the United Arab Emirates, the US, Kuwait and Denmark, to half a hectare in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Afghanistan and Malawi.
  • The global average consumption was 2.7 hectares a person, compared with a notional sustainable capacity of 2.1 hectares.
  • Benno Hansen on 14 Jan 12
     
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Benno Hansen

Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? | Nafeez... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ible-collapse-study-scientists

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shared by Benno Hansen on 16 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • By investigating the human-nature dynamics of these past cases of collapse, the project identifies the most salient interrelated factors which explain civilisational decline, and which may help determine the risk of collapse today: namely, Population, Climate, Water, Agriculture, and Energy.
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      Benno Hansen on 16 Mar 14
       
      NASA har lavet Collapse 2 ?
  • These factors can lead to collapse when they converge to generate two crucial social features: "the stretching of resources due to the strain placed on the ecological carrying capacity"; and "the economic stratification of society into Elites [rich] and Masses (or "Commoners") [poor]" These social phenomena have played "a central role in the character or in the process of the collapse," in all such cases over "the last five thousand years."
  • The study challenges those who argue that technology will resolve these challenges by increasing efficiency: "Technological change can raise the efficiency of resource use, but it also tends to raise both per capita resource consumption and the scale of resource extraction, so that, absent policy effects, the increases in consumption often compensate for the increased efficiency of resource use."
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      Benno Hansen on 16 Mar 14
       
      efficiency paradox
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  • the scientists point out that the worst-case scenarios are by no means inevitable, and suggest that appropriate policy and structural changes could avoid collapse, if not pave the way toward a more stable civilisation.
Experience Zone

Food Quantity - Nutrition & Energy Continent - 0 views

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shared by Experience Zone on 17 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Experience Zone on 17 Sep 15
     
    ExperienceZone will explain food quantity the continent nutrition & energy to you. We suggest on your food quantities, food calories, healthy eating, energy consumption on this continent.
Maluvia Haseltine

Xeros - 'Waterless' washing machine cleans using nylon beads! - 0 views

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shared by Maluvia Haseltine on 28 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Maluvia Haseltine on 28 Jun 09
     
    Wow - this is really awesome! Reduce water usage by 90%, and energy consumption by 98% in washing a typical load. Brilliant.
Mark Kabbbash

Industrial Nanotech Announces Use of Energy Saving Nansulate® Technology by A... - 0 views

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shared by Mark Kabbbash on 24 May 09 - Cached
  • Mark Kabbbash on 24 May 09
     
    Company's patented technology to reduce energy consumption and provide a 'clean' mold resistant insulation will be utilized in the restoration of an historic, circa 1900's theatre in Vienna, Illinois by architect Matt Hupe of Architechniques Ltd., Herrin, Illinois. The Company has recently experience a significant increase in architects' interest in their patented nanotechnology-based Nansulate® thermal insulation and mold resistant coatings for energy savings.
Alex Parker

The world's biggest coal consumers - 1 views

www.mining-technology.com/...biggest-coal-consumers-4353695

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shared by Alex Parker on 01 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 01 Sep 14
     
    The top ten coal consuming countries account for over 85% of the world's total coal consumption, with China alone consuming as much as rest of the world together. Mining-technology.com profiles the ten biggest coal consumers based on latest coal consumption and production data.
firozcosmolance

Ganga water is officially unfit for drinking and bathing- CPCB - Gossip Ki Galliyan - 0 views

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shared by firozcosmolance on 11 Jun 19 - No Cached
  • firozcosmolance on 11 Jun 19
     
    This environment day, we come across a very disheartening news! The most revered river of our country, Ganga is now officially declared to be unfit for drinking and bathing as per CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board). Ganga is not just any river for most of the Indians, insteadit has been carrying a special spiritual significance.People from all over flock to take a dip in this 'holy' river. Leave apart drinking, but even bathing is considered detrimental now. As per their report, there are mere seven spots from where the river Ganga passes, which can be used for consumption after disinfection. Also, only 18 spots are being considered fit for bathing,whereas, 62 areas from where the river flows areunfit for the same purpose.
Jean Peterson

Synthetic Grass: Green and Economical - 2 views

GreenPlanetGrass did not only beautify our lawn but also helped me do my part in conserving precious water by cutting my water consumption to an amazing 60%! Thanks to their synthetic grass, we wer...

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