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Britain using triple its share?

Forty-five years ago, Britain's "ecological debt day" was July 9; in 1981 it was May 14. This y_41491380_energy_203_152ear, according to the New Economics Foundation, "ecological debt day" in Britain was yesterday, April 16.  The report is based on how much Britain consumes versus how much it takes to absorb the waste generated.  It would, according to the NEF, take 3.1 Earths to keep up with Britain's pace of consumption.  And some of it is just plain stupid: exporting 1,500 tonnes of potatoes to Germany and importing exactly as many of exactly the same stuff; exporting 460 tonnes of gingerbread while importing 465 tonnes; exporting 10,200 tones of milk and cream to France while importing 9,900 tonnes of the same.  So buy local, guys!

Read more at the BBC story: Britain now 'eating the planet'

[Gabrielle Taylor]

Posted by Gabrielle Taylor on April 17, 2006 in Utilities, services & misc | Permalink

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