Indicators of Human Welfare and Ecological Footprint - Quantitatively EF (Mathis Wackernage, et al, 1990’s)
- EF (Ecological Footprint) Ξ Land area necessary to provide for the current way of life (w/average hectacres)
- Where land area is total cropland, grazing land, forestland, and, fishing grounds, and built-up land needed to maintain a given population at a given lifestyle; plus the forest land needed to absorb the carbon dioxide emissions from the fossil energy used by the population.
- *Values published (biannually) by World Wide Fund for Nature
World Sustainability at 2030 - “tool” concept (conscious operation)
- 1 Visioning
- 2 Networking
- 3 Truth-telling
- 4 Learning
- 5 Loving
- Meadows, D. et al. 2004, Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, Chelsea Green Publishing, Chapter 8
Fossil Fuel Resources Figure 6. The green energy future scenario. Solar and wind energy grow at 25%/yr, while nuclear power and coal as energy sources grow at 1%/yr as is currently the case. Finally, nonconventional oil and gas development are not pursued and therefore too small to be visible in the plot. - Brecha, Berney, and Craver, Am. J. Physics, Vol. 75, No. 10, October 2007
Figure 7. The nuclear-supplemented fossil-fuel energy future scenario. Wind energy grows at 10%/yr and coal grows at 1&/yr. while nuclear power as an energy sources increases at 10%/yr beginning in 10 years to allow for ramp-up. Solar is too small to be visible. - Brecha, Berney, and Craver, Am. J. Physics, Vol. 75, No. 10, October 2007
Total and per capital energy use for nine selected countries. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a rough measure of standard of living. In general, higher HDI correlates with higher per capita energy use. - Brecha, Berney, and Craver, Am. J. Physics., Vol. 75, No. 10, October 2007
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