It Has Been Estimated (Rees and Wackernagel) That It Would

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Essay

It has been estimated (Rees and Wackernagel) that it would take the land area of five additional planet earths to meet the consumption of the people now on earth if they all consumed at the level of the United States.Discuss what the implications are of this statistic and any solutions that you see.

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