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GLUTTONY
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If greed is good, how good are you?

1. How many square feet are there in your present dwelling for each inhabitant. Divide the total number of square feet of your apartment/house by the number of occupants.
     a. <100. b. 100-300. c. 300-700. d. >700.

2. How many gas-powered vehicles (cars, trucks, SUV’s, boats, ATV’s, snowmobiles, etc.) does your household own?
     a. 0. b. 1. c. 2. d. 3 or more.

3. On average, how many times a week do you eat out?
     a. 0. b. 1. c. 2-4. d. >4.

4. What is the average gas mileage of your primary vehicle?
     a. I use mass transit. b. <25. c. 18-25. d. >18.

5. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
     Men: a. 1-3. b. 4-6. c. 7-10. d. >10.
     Women: a. 1-5. b. 6-8. c. 9-12. d. >12.

6. How many TV’s in your household?
     a. 0. b. 1. c. 2-3. d. >4.

7. How often have you checked a book out of your public library in the last year?
     a. >10. b. 6-9. c. 1-5. d. 0.

8. If you are male, how many pairs of cufflinks / if you are female, how many pairs of earring do you own?
     a. 0. b. 1-4. c. 5-8. d. >8.

9. If civilization collapsed today, how many days could you survive on the food presently stored in your dwelling?
     a. 1-3. b. 4-7. c. 7-14. d. >14.

10. How many large garbage bags does your household fill with trash each week?
     a. 1. b. 2-3. c. 4-6. d. >6.

 

SCORING

Give yourself 1 point for each "a" answer, 3 for each "b", 5 for each "c", and 10 for each "d".

10-20: You’re no saint (in this society we are all to some degree gluttonous), but you’re minimizing your impact on the environment.

21-40: Your intentions are clearly good, but still…

41-60: So you went from Corolla to Camry to Lexus, from Motel 6 to Marriott to Ritz-Carlton, from Sears to L.L. Bean, to Barneys. Now what? It’s a long, slippery slope.

61-100: Even your contributions to the World Wildlife Federation will not offset the spreading effects of your gluttony.

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