The Future Eaters

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2006

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Virginia Tech

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The 20% ecological overshoot in 2002 took 20% more natural resources than the Earth could regenerate. This overshoot is considered a measure of how humankind is _eating its future. Exceeding the planet s carrying capacity will almost certainly result in societal and ecological disequilibrium that will, as a result, reduce carrying capacity.

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ecological overshoot, carrying capacity, climate change, phantom carrying capacity

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