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Waste To Energy Facility

I would need 5.3 planets in order to provide enough resources to sustain my lifestyle. To support my lifestyle, it takes 23.6 global acres of the Earth's productive area, and 25 tons of carbon dioxide. My ecological breakdown is as follows: service (37%), food (36%), shelter (9%), mobility (7%), goods (11%). I am a quite surprised at what my lifestyle amounted too. I never thought to think how the food I consume contributed to my carbon footprint, especially the way processed food can make these numbers even higher. It never occurred to me how many different aspects of your consumption and lifestyle affected the earth.  A simple way one can reduce some of the resources they use is simply to turn off the lights when they are not using them. Too many times, we don't realize how long we leave the lights on or our TV's on when were not even needing or using them. Another feasible way to reduce our resources is to purchase a reusable water bottle as opposed to continuously bu

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