one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
July 16 2007
Happiness doesn’t cost the earth
The happy planet index rates European countries on their happiness-to-carbon output ratio.
Conclusions seem to show that even though our standard of living is marginally higher than in the sixties, consumption (and our per-capita carbon footprint) has increased dramatically while general happiness has dropped.
Belgium ranks 17th out of 30 countries while the Scandinavians hold the top positions.
Electric buses were already on trial at the beginning of last century in London.
Word of the day: checkbook environmentalist