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consuming resources

I think we are using different definitions of resources and consumption here. You say that resources are not consumed but produced. But the whole concept of ecological footprinting is based on quantifying the amount of land required to support a given person or nation. For example: how much electricity do you use, and how is that produced? How much paper do you use and how many acres of forest do you need to produce that paper? How much food do you eat and how many acres must be used to produce it?

The sorts of resources that GDP measures are different. They include things like services, ideas, entertainment. A totally different set of data.

by Will on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 00:50

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