In the United States ecological footprint of each person is about 10 hectares. The Earth presently has 11.4 billion hectares of productive land and water. If everyone in the world lived at the same level of consumption as the average American about how many earths would we need to survive according to the ecological footprint analysis?

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Evan Jenkins

Social Studies

1 October, 17:30

In the United States ecological footprint of each person is about 10 hectares. The Earth presently has 11.4 billion hectares of productive land and water. If everyone in the world lived at the same level of consumption as the average American about how many earths would we need to survive according to the ecological footprint analysis?

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Jason Goodman · Answer 1

total number of 5 earth would needed to survive.

Explanation:

Each person's ecological footprint in the United States is approximately 10 hectares. The Earth currently has efficient land and water of 11.4 billion hectares.

If the consumption of every people living in the world have same as average american then total number of five earth would need to survive and it is based on ecological footprint analysis.