China's Ecological Footprint Unsustainable - We'd Still Need 1.2 Planets if Everyone Had It

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China has been the world's foremost carbon emitter for over a year now--with per capita emissions now higher than those of France--and this summer overtook the US to become the world's largest energy consumer as well. Now, according to new analysis by WWF, China can also check itself off on another eco-black list: If everyone on the planet consumed natural resources like the average Chinese person, we'd need more than one planet to supply us all. In fact 1.2 planets...

...To give that level of consumption some perspective, remember that if everyone lived like the average American we'd need 4.5 Earth's worth of resources, and if everyone lived like the average Indian we'd still have half the planet's resource available to consume sustainably....

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