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So, land consumption: environmentalists are really concerned about this, so are farmers; there's a whole range of people, and, of course, neighborhood groups that want open space nearby.

Then China, where population is flattening out, calorie consumption will explode because the types of calories consumed are also starting to be higher-calorie-content foods.

We can change consumption patterns, we can reduce food waste, or we can make a bold commitment to increasing yields exponentially.

Now, I'm not going to go into discussing changing consumption patterns or reducing food waste, because those conversations have been going on for some time now.

It's easy to see by the patterns of consumption they have.

In fact, household water – which we use to drink, cook, and clean – accounts for only 3.6% of humanity’s water consumption.

But the remaining 92% of our water consumption is all spent on a single industry: agriculture.

This feature cuts off the energy consumption for the ship up to 15 percent.

And let me be even clearer about this: population cannot be seen in isolation from production or consumption.

Now, at the standard rate of fuel consumption, I would like to see the computer trace the flight path of this rocket and see how it can determine, at any instant, say at the end of 40 seconds, the amount of fuel remaining, and the velocity at that set instant.

JF: Over on the left-hand side, you will notice fuel consumption decreasing as the rocket takes off.

They take up just three percent of the world's surface area, but they account for more than 75 percent of our energy consumption, and they emit 80 percent of our greenhouse gases.

These rapid collapses are especially likely where there's a mismatch between available resources and resource consumption, or a mismatch between economic outlays and economic potential.

And we as humans are social creatures and must, or are aided by, or enjoy more, the consumption of information in the presence of others.

And yet, per capita meat consumption is as high as it's been in recorded history.

But we are not going to decrease meat consumption unless we give consumers alternatives that cost the same or less and that taste the same or better.

And this very simple idea without any moving parts or any sort of technology, purely because of the geometry of the facade, reduces the energy consumption on cooling by 30 percent.

You get more for less into your gut; digest, send it to your muscular and skeletal system of consumption.

God, love, consumption, sex.

It puts a value, for example, on illegal drug consumption, but not on unpaid care.

We use two million of them in the United States every five minutes, here imaged by TED presenter Chris Jordan, who artfully documents mass consumption and zooms in for more detail.

Early games like "Tetris" and "Mario" may have been simple puzzles or quests, but with the rise of arcades and then internet play, and now massively multiplayer games of huge, thriving online communities, games have emerged as the one form of entertainment where consumption truly requires human connection.

So gamers grew up expecting this live, interactive entertainment, and passive consumption just doesn't feel as fulfilling.

As real-time measurement of media consumption and automated media production becomes the norm, we will soon be consuming media tailored directly to our cravings using a blend of psychographics, biometrics and AI.

That is 0.5 percent of the U.S. oil consumption.

Massimo Portincaso: Angela, what you shared with us is truly impressive and almost incredible, but I think many in the audience had the same question that I had, which is: Is this kind of impulsive consumption both economically and environmentally sustainable over the longer term?

Thirty-five percent to 40 percent of consumption in alcoholic beverages around the world actually happens with women, but, you know, "women don't drink beer."

I call the project "Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape," but it's actually transformed me and made me rethink my own behaviors and consumption.

Two, that the division between consumption and regulation in an increasingly interdependent world is no longer viable.

And meat consumption in Southeast Asia and China in particular is what drives the prices of cereals.

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