Many, of course, no longer trust the findings and intimidation from environmentalists. Very often they served someone's interests and "spud" cash flows. But I hope not everyone is like that there. Someone also provides relevant information about our planet Earth.
I don’t even know if they don’t take into account something or it’s not so scary from the height of the age of the planet and our civilization, but this time environmental scientists argue that in 2017 the “point of no return” for the planet's renewable resources falls on August 2.
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The method used by scientists from the Global Footprint Network, a group of environmentalists in the American city of Oakland, measures the planet's renewable resources. It allows you to accurately calculate the day of the year from which the Earth is no longer able to restore the resources consumed by humans - and when people begin to destroy their habitat.
Earlier and earlier
In 2017, this "point of no return" falls on August 2. Thus, in the current year, people will consume all the resources of the Earth renewable for the year 6 days earlier than in 2016. The negative trend is even more clearly visible in comparison with the 80s of the XX century. If in 1987 the “borderline of renewability” fell on December 19, then later it consistently and frighteningly moved from the end of the year to its middle. So, in 2011, humanity absorbed all renewable resources by September 27. Well, now it has come to the beginning of August.
Therefore, on August 2, a number of environmental organizations in Germany intend to hold a joint action in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The aim of the action is to remind that humanity consumes more wood, plants, food, fish and everything else than water bodies, forests and fields are able to create and restore on their own.
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“The planet is not an online store with an endless supply of goods. A supermarket called Earth is empty, warns Christoph Röttgers of the youth environmental group. “Everything we consume this year after August 2 has been stolen from future generations. The task of politicians is to prevent this”.
1.7 planet Earth
Moreover, with the growth of the world's population, the consumption of hydrocarbons, food, and water also grows. As scientists calculated purely mathematically, 1.7 Earth planets are required to meet the needs of today's humanity. “If we don't stop, we will need two planets by 2030, and three by 2050,” says Jürgen Kirsch of Greenpeace Germany.
Scientists estimate that more than 80 percent of the world's population lives in countries with poor environmental conditions. Although Germany cannot be attributed to them, it is also not a model in the sphere of resource consumption: if all mankind consumed resources at the level of the inhabitants of the Federal Republic of Germany, then we would already need 3.2 planets to meet our needs.
And the "renewability frontier" for Germany alone would fall this year on April 24th. The reason for this state of affairs is the large area required to grow feed for livestock for meat production, as well as the high levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
We'll just disappear
Moreover, greenhouse gas emissions account for the majority - up to 60% - of the total negative impact on the environment. “And if we can cut these emissions by at least half, then we can move the 'renewability frontier' three months ago,” explains Mathis Wackernagel of the Global Footprint Network.
The main addressees of ecologists' appeals are governments. But each person can make a small contribution to a more rational use of the planet's resources. As Andreas Schmidt, spokesman for the environmental initiative of the German Catholic Church, noted in an interview with KNA, “everyone can help ensure that the 'borderline of renewability' does not lie sometime in the summer, but towards the end of the year.”
Even small things are enough: not every day to eat meat, buy ecological products, Schmidt lists. “I understand that such products are more expensive than conventional products. But when I see that motor oil is more expensive than ordinary vegetable oil, I understand that there are other areas in life besides food, where you can save,”the church spokesman said. Otherwise, he reminds us, a sad fate awaits us: "We will all simply disappear."
