{"id":5296,"date":"2012-08-19T04:10:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T08:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5296"},"modified":"2012-08-19T04:10:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T08:10:37","slug":"the-oil-drum-americas-deficit-attention-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/19\/the-oil-drum-americas-deficit-attention-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oil Drum &#124; America\u2019s Deficit Attention Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the World Wildlife Federation\u2019s 2012 Living Planet Report, at the current rate of consumption, \u201cit is taking 1.5 years for the Earth to fully regenerate the renewable resources that people are using in a single year. Instead of living off the interest, we are eating into our natural capital.\u201d This is a path to never-never land. Unlike with financial deficits, simple debt forgiveness is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>When we deplete Earth\u2019s bio-capacity\u2014its capacity to support life in its many varied forms\u2014we are not borrowing from the future; we are stealing from the future. Even though it is the most serious of all human-caused deficits, it rarely receives mention in current political debates.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoildrum.com\/node\/9423?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theoildrum+%28The+Oil+Drum%29\">The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: August 18, 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the World Wildlife Federation\u2019s 2012 Living Planet Report, at the current rate of consumption, \u201cit is taking 1.5 years for the Earth to fully regenerate the renewable resources that people are using in a single year. 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