The natural resources produced by the Earth for 2013 today are depleted. You go "in debt". The Global Footprint Network calculated Earth Overshoot Day.
"After this date - the experts explained - we will maintain our ecological debt by withdrawing stocks of resources and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere"
Last year, as the association recalled, the budget was exhausted on August 22nd, while in 1993 it was October 21st. Since 1970, underlines the release, the ecological footprint of the inhabitants of the Earth has more than tripled, and at this rate the resources of two planets will be needed by the middle of the century.
As for Italy, the calculations of the experts have found that the ecological footprint is decreasing after the peak of the early 2000s but is still almost four times higher than the biocapacity of our country. From this point of view, the worst in the world are the Japanese, who consume 7,1 "Japans" a year, while some countries such as Canada, Australia, Brazil or Australia manage to produce more than they consume.
Attachments: Foreign Affairs – The Day the Earth Ran Out
