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Thompson: "Wrong Answer"

Thompson: "Wrong Answer"

Fred Thompson has some thoughts on Hillary: I've mentioned it before, but Fred does very well in this kind of informal chat video, which is not really an ad. But what if this is what Fred's ads will look like?...


How large is your eco footprint?

Are we locked into patterns of over-consumption or will such patterns compel us to sustainable living?

By 2056, we will be using twice as many resources as the planet can produce, warns the WWF's Living Planet Report.

The report calculates that the average individual is currently consuming and polluting at a rate of 2.2 hectares each, their ecological footprint, while the planet can only sustain 1.8 hectares per person.

What can you do about your "ecological footprint"? What could you cut back on? Is this report more scaremongering?

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