Andrew Just took the quiz. I did better than you (I've been working at this for a long time) with a total acreage of 15 Food 3.2 Mobility 1 Shelter 6.2 Gds/Svc 4.9 Only need 3.4 planets if everyone lived like me. It is still somewhat disconcerting to take a quiz like this. I guess I'll just have to work harder. Thanks for the link.

Wow....I love this one....I'm flagging this a great post.

The questions were a little biased and vague.  For instance, public transportation is not available in my area-so of course I don't use it.  It didn't ask about specific energy saving improvements in the home.  Didn't ask if we produce any of our own food or how many acres we have.  My diet wasn't even one of the choices...The products and clothing we buy weren't mentioned etc. 

Don't get me wrong, it was a good post.  We all have to do more for our planet if we want to survive.

Andrew:  If everyone took this quiz, we'd be well on our way to stopping global climate change!  lol.  This is quite a tough quiz. 

It's too bad public transportation is lacking in most metropolitan areas.  Maybe it's because most public transportation companies (trolleys, etc) were bought out by the automobile and tire companies back in the 1920s/1930s and then bankrupted so that folks would buy cars.  I wonder what the public transportation history for Salt Lake City looks like? 

We just had a local study conducted here in Providence, detailing the need for better public transportation.  New plans were to include a downtown trolley or light rail service (similar to the ones in Portland, OR and San Diego).  Subsequently, an unfortunate poll was conducted showing that no one would use the additional services.  How could that be?  Do these people read the news?

Great blog post Andrew!  Keep up the good work!  Every little effort counts!!

Thanks for the comments everyone. 

Jennifer, I agree.  It is vague, but it makes you think.  I personally grow most of my own vegetable for the summer and freeze what I can for the winter.  My entire yard is irrigated with a drip system that reduced my water consumption by about 60% the year I put it in.  I garden only organically, etc. etc. but I still stink at this test. 

Richard, Public Transport is funny here.  Salt Lake origionally was very oriented around a trolly/rail system.  The neighborhood I live in was built as the first Trolley neighborhoods where the homes were closer together, shops on the corners and more homes per block with streets down the middle.  it was the first Trolley Subdivision built to enhance public transportation and a walkable community.  It was started in 1890's.  In 1945 the Trolley system in SLC was dismanteled.  In the late 1990's they rebuilt it and are slowly mapping light rail throughout the city and they are building communities around the light rail again.  It is funny if you think about.  About three layers of asphalt down in SLC, below the new light rail tracks, are the old trolley tracks.  Just goes to show that there are no new ideas.  We just constantly reinvent the wheel. 

I agree, they definitely need to be more specific about things. I have my own garden, solar panels, I live in a small town so I walk everywhere, and live with 6 people. I have a water system that collects rain water and dont have heating in my house or use gas. It is very interesting to see your biological impact though! Work hard everyone!!!