Reading the Vital Signs of the World

“Business as usual is harming the Earth’s ecosystems and the people who depend on them,” said Erik Assadourian, Vital Signs 2006-2007 project director. “If everyone consumed at the average level of high-income countries, the planet could sustainably support only 1.8 billion people, not today’s population of 6.4 billion.”

Flavin said that although these developments in alternative fuel sources are likely to provoke far-reaching changes in world energy markets, the transition will have to move quickly “to prevent the kind of ecological and economic crisis that may be precipitated by continuing dependence on fossil fuels.”

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