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Earth Will Eat Itself

Eat WILL ITSELF THE HUMAN RACE IS PLUNDERING THE PLANET AT A PACE THAT OUTSTRIPS ITS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT LIFE. ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE FOOD AND ENERGY RESOURCES ARE ESSENTIAL AND UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER - INVESTMENT INTO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE TIMELY OR CRUCIAL. POPULATION GROWTH VS SHRINKING RESOURCES WORLD POPULATION WORLDWIDE OIL RESERVES WORLDWIDE ENERGY RESERVES 10 MIDDLE EAST UNITED STATES RUSSIA CHINA NATURAL GAS RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT INDIA 3.01 BILLION CUBIC METRES AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA GERMANY NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA KAZAKHSTAN IT IS ESTIMATED THAT TOTAL WORLDWIDE RESERVES ARE: WORLDWIDE ENERGY USAGE UKRAINE POLAND OIL PROVEN COAL RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT RAN AFRICA | COAL SEVERAL BILLION TONS QATAR 1,138 BILLION BARRELS I GAS SAUDI ARABIA EAST EUROPE UAE NUCLEAR NIGERIA | HYDRO ALGERIA ASIA OTHERS WEST EUROPE COAL RESERVES NATURAL GAS RESERVES AT CURRENT PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION RATES, IF NO NEW RESERVES ARE FOUND, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES WILL LAST: OIL – 40 YEARS WORLDWIDE OIL USE PER DAY - 86,952 BARRELS COAL – 130 YEARS NATURAL GAS - 59 YEARS WORLDWIDE COAL USE PER DAY - 21,903 SHORT TONS WORLDWIDE NATURAL GAS USE PER DAY – 139 MILLION CUBIC METRES WHO IS INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND WHO HAS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND? UK = 70% DECLINE IN 2010 TO $3.3BN. MAINLY TO OFFSHORE WIND FARMS GERMANY = 100% INCREASE IN 2010 TO S41.2BN. MAINLY SMALL SCALE SOLAR FRANCE = 26% INCREASE IN 2010 TO $4BN. CHINA = 39% INCREASE IN 2010 TO $54.4BN (WORLD RECORD). $45BN TO WIND (75% OF TOTAL RENEWABLE), $4.7BN TO SOLAR MAINLY SMALL SCALE SOLAR CANADA = $5.6BN INVESTMENT IN 2010. 52% TO WIND, 24% TO SOLAR JAPAN = $3.3BN IN 2010. 96% IN SOLAR ENERGY USA = 51% INCREASE IN 2010 TO $34BN. - INDONESIA = 55% DECLINE IN 2010 TO $247M. MAINLY IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY MAINLY GEOTHERMAL BRAZIL = $7.6BN IN 2010. 40% TO BIOFUELS, AUSTRALIA = $10BN OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. 31% TO WIND AND 28% TO OTHER SOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY ARGENTINA = $740M IN 2010. INDIA = 25% INCREASE IN 2010 TO $4BN. MAINLY HYDRO AND WIND, SOME SOLAR 63% IN WIND SECTOR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WORLD'S ENERGY WILL BE PRODUCED BY ALTERNATIVE METHODS? 2008 2035 (EST) 2050 (EST) 10% 14% 80% WHAT IS LAND BEING USED FOR AND WHERE IS ALL THE FOOD COMING FROM? TOTAL LANDMASS WORLDWIDE TOP FOOD PRODUCING COUNTRIES 150 MILLION SQUARE KM 6. SPAIN - 3.84% 7. CHINA - 3.58% 1. UNITED STATES - 15.35% 2. BRAZIL - 7.04% 3. FRANCE - 5.85% 8. ARGENTINA - 3.32% ARABLE LAND – 10% 4. NETHERLANDS - 5.58% 9. AUSTRALIA - 2.28% 5. GERMANY - 4.6% 10. NEW ZEALAND - 2.26% PERMANENT CROPS - 1% MEADOWS AND PASTURES - 24% FOREST AND WOODLAND – 31% ALL OTHER (DESERT, URBAN ETC) - 34% CATEGORIES INCLUDED: OIL, SEED, GRAIN, FRUIT, SUGARS, CEREALS, EDIBLE FRUITS, NUTS AND PEEL, EDIBLE VEGETABLES, DAIRY PRODUCTS, EGGS, HONEY WHICH GOVERNMENTS HAVE ACTIVE POLICIES TO INVEST IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES? NO DATA $0-5BN I $5-10BN I $10-20BN I $20-50BN I $50BN+ ECO PIONEERS - THE HEAVYWEIGHTS GORDON MOORE GAVE $5BN WORTH OF INTEL STOCK TO THE GORDON & BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION RICHARD BRANSON VIRGIN FOUNDER AND CEO PLANS TO INVEST £1.6BN IN PROFITS FROM VIRGIN COMPANIES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY VIRGIN FUELS + VIRGIN GREEN FUND TO INVEST IN ALL KINDS OF ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS TED TURNER THE MEDIA MOGUL GAVE MORE THAN $1BN TO THE UN FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS O SERGEY BRIN & LARRY PAGE THROUGH THEIR PHILANTHROPIC ARM, GOOGLE.ORG, THEY HAVE PLEDGED TO LAUNCHING THE CAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE GREEN AWARENESS DONATE 1% OF GOOGLE PROFITS TO HELP DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES GEORGE SOROS E GIVEN MORE THAN $7BN TO VARIOUS PROJECTS INCLUDING $1BN TO DEVELOP MICHAEL DELL DONATION MATCHING FOR PLANT-A-TREE FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS OVER $1BN CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES. ALSO SET UP THE CLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVE TO GOOD CAUSES THROUGH THE MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION JEFF SKOLL E I MASAYOSHI SON EX EBAY PRESIDENT GAVE VARIOUS GRANTS TO COMPANIES WITH AN EMPHASIS CEO OF SOFTBANK. £7.8M ALREADY INVESTED PERSONALLY IN RENEWABLE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, TOTALLING MORE THAN $40M ENERGY, PLANS TO INVEST £80 - £150M THOUGH SOFTBANK ZHENGRONG SHI E BILL GATES FOUNDER OF SUNTECH POWER, LARGEST PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL MANUFACTURER. GIVEN MILLIONS TO SOLAR PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING $2M WANTS THE WORLD TO BE FOSSIL-FUEL FREE BY 2050. PERSONAL LEGACY OF $28BN THROUGH THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, MOSTLY TOWARDS "GREENING THE WHARF' IN SYDNEY GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENERGY NEW REPORTS BY THE WWF CLAIM THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO CONSUME THE RESOURCES OF THE EARTH AT CURRENT RATES, BY THE YEAR 2050 WE WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE EARTH AND COLONISE TWO MORE PLANETS! SOURCES: TODAYSBESTINVESTMENTS.COM WWW.WORTH.COM powered by WWW.REUTERS.COM wWW.NEWENERGYFINANCE.COM WWW.TRADEMAP.ORG intelligent. partnership" wwW.THEECOLOGIST.ORG WWW.DIGITALTONTO.COM WWW.THEAUSTRALIAN.COM.AU GLOBALCHANGE.UMICH.EDU/GLOBALCHANGE2 WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG TOP50FANYTHING.COM WWW.BP.COM WWW.RENEWABLEENERGYWORLD.COM G961 Billion people 0002 Oтог 2050

Earth Will Eat Itself

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Infographic showing current world resource crisis and how alternative investments into renewable energy and sustainable agriculture can provide food security and biofuel for the future

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