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We believe that relative abundance is a rock solid foundation stone for any system of resource usage. Furthermore the abundances of the various resources we have here on earth are pretty well calculated. Although there is often scope for better accuracy, this data is very real. We are not using any value judgements and thus the integrity of the system cannot be argued. We are building our system on rock!

The Logic of Terracopia

The human race impacts the natural environment in pursuit of:

P = The manufacturing, use and disposal of Products

S = The provision and use of Services

A = The undertaking of leisure and other Activities

We will refer to these descriptors collectively as PSAs.

The natural environment can be thought of as an abundance of resources. These resources can occur underground in the earth’s crust; above ground in terms of land, ocean and biomass (collectively the lithosphere); in the atmosphere; and also as solar radiation which is our ultimate source of energy. All of these “abundances” have been well catalogued and quantified.

The provision and use of PSAs selectively and quantifiably depletes these abundances. Terracopia measures the abundance depletion of any given PSA.

Assuming that the Terracopia system captures the full list of depletions caused by a PSA, then the whole environmental impact is known.

To normalise all of the measured values, Terracopia uses the planetary abundance of water as the common denominator.

The “environmental price tag” in Terracopia’s terms, is the amount of the world’s resource which is used (or caused to be used) by a product, service or activity during its lifetime. We call this “Abundance Depletion” and the measured result is the “Abundance Depletion Value” (ADV).

The gold standard for ADV is water, a most precious substance that gives life to the planet.

There is enormous complexity in the provision and use of PSAs. Terracopia’s software will put a user-friendly face on this complexity, using a technique which has never been thought of before.

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Copper

There is enough copper to last us another 88 years at current rates of consumption and recycling.

Oil

Taking into account both discovered and undiscovered oil, there will be enough to last for another 26,500 days at our current rate of consumption. Oil cannot be recycled, once it is burned.

Atmospheric Carbon

Atmospheric Carbon and other Greenhouse Gasses are compromising the earth’s ability to cool itself, causing mean surface temperatures to rise. The accumulation of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere is trapping 0.12% of incoming solar radiation.

Atlantic Mackerel

Although North Sea Cod is still in crisis (biomass is one third of its 1964 level), Atlantic Mackerel staged a great recovery in recent decades. Prior to the collapse of Atlantic Mackerel stocks in 1976, the peak biomass had been 1.7 million tonnes in 1972. In 2004, after severe measures had been implemented by the US Government, stocks had bounced back to 2.3 million tonnes. If we know, we can act.

Biodiversity

Biomass is the engine of the earth, converting the sun's energy into food, materials and sub systems to sustain life and circulate nutrients. Mankind is eroding this engine at an alarming rate and dispensing with known and unknown bits of it, without heed to how the function of the engine is affected.