Ecological Footprint Per Person Living In The United States

Our Ecological Footprint gives a measurement of the land and water ecosystems needed to provide our resources. Each of us has areas of the earth that is dedicated to our consumption of resources, use of land, and waste emissions. The average Ecological Footprint per person living in the United States is 9.4 global hectares. This means each person’s lifestyle demands around twenty-four acres of biologically productive area. To sustain a global population with our habits, we would require 4.6 Earths. Although 90% was within the target created for citizens in the UK and U.S., it was well above average worldwide. In underdeveloped countries and other territories, people are living without industrialized environments, technology, or even electricity in their homes. In many areas, families deal with water scarcity and therefore do not have the chance or luxury to waste as we do. Poverty, low welfare, and economies of other populations keep food and energy consumption low, however our habits do more than make up for those efforts. Our habits are ruining ecosystems and making matters worse for them and everyone. Also, as populations experience globalization and urbanization, human communities are becoming more

In the short term, we can only sustain our own footprint at the expense and current status of other populations. We brag of and try to sell our American way to the rest of the world, but our lifestyles are hardly sustainable by our own population. (Carbon Footprint).
Here in the United States, we use energy, supplied by renewable and nonrenewable resources, for everything from the moment we turn on the light when we wake up through the night and through the chargers and electronics we always keep plugged in. The U.S. Department of Energy divides energy users into different categories: residential, commercial, industrial, electric power, and