SHARP PP4PP PO Box 5042 George East, 6539 Tel: (044) 870 7239 Cel: (071) 170 1954 13 January 2013 President Jacob Zuma Union Buildings Private Bag X1000, Pretoria, 0001 Email: president@po.gov.za
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Dear President Zuma, RE: Request Confirmation of President Zuma’s Consumption and Procreation Facts, to confirm his Net Ecological Footprint viz a viz the importance of discussing overconsumption & population’s role on scarcity, conflict and impending civilization collapse. I am writing to request the Office of the Presidency to please confirm or correct my assumptions used in terms of calculating President Zuma‘s Consumption and Procreation Footprint, to determine his Net footprint. Please correct any incorrect factors I submitted in to the Myfootprint.org consumption footprint calculator; and confirm the accurate number of President Zuma‘s children. As documented in the ‗Radical Honoursty Guerrylla Law‘ party documentation enclosed, read in conjunction with the Population and Conflict1, and Scarcity and Conflict2 work of Dr. Homer-Dixon (Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of South Africa3) and Dr. Jack Alpert (Rapid Population Decline or Collapse of Civilization4) it is my conclusion, that in the absence of the implementation of Guerrylla Laws which regulate human procreation and resource utilization behaviour, to ensure sustainability; where such laws clearly, simply and 1
http://sqswans.weebly.com/population-policy.html http://sqswans.weebly.com/scarcity--conflict1.html 3 http://www.library.utoronto.ca/pcs/eps/south/sa1.htm 4 http://sqswans.weebly.com/rapid-population-decline.html 2
very specifically clarify the difference between the consumption and procreation behaviour of an Eco-Innocent (Sustainable) vs. a Scarcity Combatant (Unsustainable); and Scarcity Combatants are confronted by courts for their Scarcity inducing behaviours; not only South Africa, but Planet Earth‘s humans are – pardon the brutal honesty – FUCKED! My tentative conclusions regarding President Jacob Zuma‘s Net Ecological Footprint is as follows: Consumption Footprint: 65.66 gha President Jacob Zuma's Consumption Footprint – using Myfootprint.org quiz, as documented below -- is 65.66 global hectares (gha). South Africa's average consumption footprint is 38.59 gha. If accurate, then if everyone on planet earth consumed like President Zuma, we would need 4.18 earths. Procreation Footprint Factor: 500 President Zuma has 25 children (some say 32, but I used 25). His procreation footprint factor is 25 x 20* = 500. [Each Child increases a parents footprint by factor of 205] Net Consumption & Procreation Footprint: 33280 gha Consumption (65.66) x Procreation (500) = Net Footprint of 33280 gha. If accurate, if everyone consumed and procreated like President Zuma, we would need 2,090 earths.
Jacob Zuma Tentative Consumption Test from MyFootprint.org: 1.
Country: South Africa
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Measurements: Metric
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People Living in your Household: More than 5
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Annual household income in US Dollars: $120,000 or more
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Size of Home: 250 square meters or larger6
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Climate Zone: Temperate or Mediteranean7
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Energy Sources used in home: Electricity8
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Electricity percentaged generated from renewable source: 27.00 (SA Average)
Each child increases a parents footprint by a factor of 20 (Murtaugh Paul, 31 July 2009; Family Planning: A Major Environmental Emphasis, University of Oregon http://in-gods-name.blogspot.com/2012/12/every-child-increases-ecofootprint-by.html 6 50 - 100 square meters or less (apartment or studio) || 100 - 150 square meters (small home, approximately 2-3 bedrooms) || 150 - 200 square meters (average home, approximately 3 bedrooms) || 200 - 250 square meters (large home, approximately 4 bedrooms) || 250 square meters or larger (very large home) 7 Arctic or high cold mountain regions (like northern Siberia or the high Himalayas) || High latitudes with cold winters and cool summers (like Moscow or Stockholm) || High desert (like Kabul or Mexico City) || Temperate or Mediterranean (like New York, Rome, Buenos Aires or Hong Kong) || Warm to hot lowland desert (like Phoenix or Dubai) || Tropical and wet, including rainforests (like Rio de Janeiro or Manila) || Tropical, but relatively dry, including savannahs (like Bhopal, Brasilia or Nairobi) 8 Electricity || Natural gas, propane, or liquefied petroleum gas || Heating oil || Wood or biomass 5
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Kilometres travelled per year: 10,000 - Automobile, taxis | 50,000 - Air Travel
10. Vehicle Most Often Drive in: Sport Utility Vehicle 11. Usually share rides: yes. 12. Energy saving features in your home: * compact fluorescent bulbs9, 13. Energy saving habits: None10 14. Home: Rural11 15. Have you purchased offsets for carbon emissions associated with your home energy use and transportation?: No 16. Diet: Carnivore: meat, seafood and dairy several times a week12 17. Where do you obtain most of your food: Supermarkets and restaurants13 18. How often do you select foods that are certified organic or sustainably produced?: sometimes14 19. Which choice best describes how much you normally eat?: Two large meals and two or three light or medium sized snacks per day15 20. Do you have a garden or share one to grow your own vegetables and herbs?: NO 21. Which best describes your home: Estate, ranch or farm16 22. What is the approximate area of land occupied by your home, structures, and yard? If you live on an estate, farm or ranch, please don't count grazing lands, croplands, or wildlands: 4 hectares 23. Was your home or any portion of it built with recycled materials, wood certified as sustainably harvested, or any other green design features?: No17 24. Approximately what share of your home furnishings are second hand or made of either recycled or sustainably produced materials?: Almost none18 Compact fluorescent bulbs || Energy efficient appliances || Extra insulation || Insulating blinds || Solar panels || Storm doors and windows || Water saving fixtures 10 Turn off lights when leaving rooms || Use power strips to turn off stand-by lights || Turn off computers and monitors when not in use || Dry clothes outside whenever possible || Keep thermostat relatively low in winter || Unplug small appliances when not in use || Minimal use of power equipment when landscaping 11 Inner city || Older suburb || Newer suburb || Rural 12 Vegan – Plant based foods only || Vegetarian – Primarily plant based foods, but some dairy || Omnivore – An assortment of meat, seafood, vegetables, dairy, and grains || Carnivore – Meat, seafood, and dairy several times a week || Top of the food chain – Meat, seafood, or dairy at almost every meal 13 Farmers markets, gardens, cooperatives, and other local and fresh sources || Natural foods markets || Supermarkets for some items, natural food stores for others || Supermarkets, convenience stores, and prepared foods from restaurants || Restaurants, fast foods, and take out 14 Most of the time || Sometimes || Almost never 15 One large meal and a couple of light snacks per day || Two large meals and two or three light or medium sized snacks per day || Three large meals and several hefty sized snacks in between 16 An estate, ranch or farm || A free standing single family house || A house or building with 4 or fewer units || A small apartment building (5 - 20 units) || A large apartment building (20+ units) 17 Yes || No || Not sure 18 Almost none || A few || A fair amount || Almost all 9
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25. Water saving features in your home: None19 26. Water Saving Habits: None20 27. How often do you select cleaning products that are biodegradable or non-toxic?: Almost never21 28. What best describes your spending and saving habits?: I tend to spend all of my income and then some22 29. How often do you buy new things to replace old ones?: I frequently replace belongings even if they are in good condition23. 30. How many standard size garbage bins does your household fill each week?: More than two24 31. Recycling: Paper: fair amount25; Aluminum: none; Glass: none; Plastic: fair amount; Electronics: none 32. When you buy clothing or paper products, how often do you select items labeled as recycled, natural, organic, or made of alternative fibers such as hemp or Tencel?: Almost never26
Guerrylla Law Radical Honoursty Party The party shall be founded on the Guerrylla Law Radical Honoursty Social Contract which include, among others, the following principles: A. Radical Honoursty Problem Solving Communicator Status: Any individual who desires this ‗status‘ is required to follow the Radical Honoursty Problem Solving Communicator communication principles. All written communication for such members attention must be (a) acknowledged as received, (b) honestly answered or the questioner to be notified of a ‗by when‘ date, when honest answers shall be provided. (c) Brutal honesty is considered the highest honourable respect; sycophancy and public relations is considered passive aggressive, manipulative and deceptive. (d) In any disagreement or misunderstanding with another member, to commit to remain in discussion, with each other, until it is resolved. (e) Any member who ignores or evades another member‘s attempts to resolve a disagreement, or to answer a question, will be put on the ‗Dishonourable Hit List‘ for Party assassination after two final warning notices to the member, from the Low flow toilets || Low flow shower heads and faucets || Instant water heaters on sinks || Rainwater catchment system || Grey water recycling system || Drought tolerant landscaping 20 Compost rather than use garbage disposal || Minimize shower time and toilet flushing || Run clothes and dish washers only when full || Wash cars rarely || Look for and fix leaks regularly || Avoid hosing down decks, walkways, driveways 21 Almost never || Sometimes || Most of the time 22 I tend to spend all of my income and then some. || I generally live within my means. || I am a frugal spender, and regularly save money for the future. 23 I tend to use things until I genuinely need to replace them. || Some items I use for years, others I replace before I need to. || I frequently replace belongings even if they are in good condition. 24 Less than one || One or two || More than two 25 None || Fair Amount || Almost All 26 Almost Never || Sometimes || Almost always 19
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party to either: (a) resign, or (b) resolve the disagreement, by a specific date, in accordance to their Radical Honoursty Problem Solving Communicator Status oath. B. Sustainability: A Sustainable27 society regulates human procreation and/or resource utilization behaviour28, to ensure sustainability. C. Sustainable Rights: Laws of Nature determine that Environmental or ecological rights and responsibilities are the sine qua non29 foundation for all other Rights30. D. Sustainable Security: ‗There is no security without sustainability‘31 : In the absence of an international new moral order32 where Ecocentric Guerrylla laws are implemented to regulate and reduce human procreation and resource utilization behaviour, towards a sustainable, pre-industrial lifestyle paradigm; 33 34 35 ―overpopulation and resource scarcity will result in conflict and war‖ (perhaps nuclear36) confronting regions at an accelerated pace37, resulting in the ―collapse of
Sustainability requires living within the regenerative capacity of the biosphere. The human economy depends on the planet‘s natural capital, which provides all ecological services and natural resources. Drawing on natural capital beyond its regenerative capacity results in depletion of the capital stock. 28 Bartlett (1994/09): Reflections on Sustainability, Population Growth, and the Environment, Population & Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, Sep 1994, pp. 5-35; Clugston, C (2009): Sustainability Defined (WakeUpAmerika): ―Sustainable natural resource utilization behaviour involves the utilization of renewable natural resources— water, cropland, pastureland, forests, and wildlife—exclusively, which can be depleted only at levels less than or equal to the levels at which they are replenished by Nature. The utilization of non-renewable natural resources—fossil fuels, metals, and minerals— at any level, is not sustainable.‖ 29 ―Environmental Protection as a Principle of International Law : The protection of the environment is likewise a vital part of contemporary human rights doctrine, for it is a sine qua non for numerous human rights such as the right to health and the right to life itself. It is scarcely necessary to elaborate on this, as damage to the environment can impair and undermine all; the human rights spoken of in the Universal Declaration and other human rights instruments.‖ -- Opinion of Weeramantry J in the Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v Slovakia) (1998) 37 International Legal Materials 162 206. 30 Democracy Cannot Survive Overpopulation, Al Bartlett, Ph.D., Population & Environment, Vol. 22, No. 1, Sep 2000, pgs. 63-71; Bartlett (1994/09): Reflections on Sustainability, Population Growth, and the Environment, Population & Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, Sep 1994, pp. 5-35; Clugston, C (2009): Sustainability Defined (WakeUpAmerika) 31 Murphy, R (2006/10/24): US Army Strategy of the Environment, Office of the Dep. Asst. Sec. of the Army, Environment, Safety & Occup. Health: Assistant for Sustainability; Linkola, P (2009): Can Life Prevail? A Radical Approach to the Environmental Crisis (Integral Tradition Publishing) 32 Hardin, G (1968/12/13): Tragedy of the Commons, Science; Peters, R (1996): The Culture of Future Conflict, US Army War College: Parameters: Winter 1995-96, pp. 18-27 33 Hardin G (1991): Carrying Capacity and Quality of Life, Environmental Science: Sustaining the Earth; Simmons, M (2000/09/30): Revisiting the Limits to Growth: Could the Club of Rome Have Been Correct, After All? 34 Koppel, T (2000): CIA and Pentagon on Overpopulation and Resource Wars, Nightline; United States Joint Forces Command (2010/02/18): The Joint Operating Environment - 2010 (The JOE – 2010); Parthemore, C & Nagl, J (2010/09/27): Fueling the Future Force: Preparing the Department of Defense for a Post-Petroleum Environment, Center for a New American Security (CNAS); United States Army & TRADOC (2012): US Army Unified Quest 2012 Fact Sheet, Unified Quest 2012 is the Army Chief of Staff's annual Title 10 Future Study Plan (FSP); Brent, JG (2012): Humans: An Endangered Species Jason Brent; Heinberg, R (2006/04/30): Population, Resources, and Human Idealism, Energy Bulletin; Peters (1996) 35 Peters (1996); Bush, GW Snr (1986/02): Public Report of the Vice-President‘s Task Force on Combatting Terrorism; Homer-Dixon, T, & Boutwell, J, & Rathjens, G (1993): Environmental change and violent conflict: Growing scarcities of renewable resources can contribute to social instability and civil strife. Scientific American, 268(2), pp. 38-45 36 Hardin (1968/12/13) 37 United States Army & TRADOC (2012) 27
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the global economic system and every market-oriented national economy‖38 by 205039. E. Guerrylla Laws: define the procreation and consumption behaviour of an individual as an Eco-Innocent40 (sustainable) or Scarcity-Combatant41 (unsustainable), based upon (A) a sustainable bio-capacity of 1 global hectare (gha)42 (60 % of 1.8 gha43) in accordance with the proactive conservation policies of Bhutan44; and (B) the Oregon University study that concludes that every child increases a parents‘ eco-footprint by a factor of 2045. F. A Green Voter is an individual whose procreation and consumption behaviour is sustainable, as defined by Guerrylla laws, as an Eco-Innocent46. G. Only Green Voters can elect the Green President, whose general duty is to (A) protect the Constitution from the Tragedy of the Commons material greed and psychological and political dishonour of the nations Scarcity (breeding and consumption) combatants, who wish to exploit the country‘s resources for shortterm political and socio-economic profits, and (B) transition South Africa to a Sustainable Voluntaryist Green Republic. H. The Green President‘s sustainable security legislative duty is to veto all legislation that obstructs, or fails to reduce, the nation‘s Scarcity combatant‘s procreation and/or consumption path to sustainability, based upon Guerrylla law sustainable rights and sustainable security principles. I. The Green Presidents sustainable security executive duty is to protect the Constitution, root out all corruption, by taking over the duty of executive supervision of the Ministry of Police and Ministry of Justice, including the appointment of all Magistrates and Justices. Magistrates and Judges shall be required to ascertain, verify, and transparently declare – as part of the court record - the Eco-Innocent47 (sustainable) or Scarcity-Combatant48 (unsustainable) status of Schultz, S (2010/09/01): [German] Military Study Warns of Potentially Drastic Oil Crisis, Der Spiege Clugston, C (2012): Scarcity: Humanity‘s Final Chapter (Booklocker.com Inc): Preface, pg. ix 40 Eco-Innocent: * 0 children, consumption < 20 gha ((1 gha) x 20) | * 1 child, consumption < 1 gha ((1 gha (2007)) * 2 children, consumption < 0.05 gha (1 gha ÷ 20) | * 3 children, consumption < 0.025 gha (1 gha ÷ 40) 41 Scarcity Combatant: * 0 children, consumption > 20 gha ((1 gha) x 20) | * 1 child, consumption > 1 gha ((1 gha (2007)) * 2 children, consumption > 0.05 gha (1 gha ÷ 20) | * 3 children, consumption > 0.025 gha (1 gha ÷ 40) 42 A biocapacity of 1 gha assumes that 40% of land is set aside for other species. 43 In 2006, the average biologically productive area (biocapacity) per person worldwide was approximately 1.8 global hectares (gha) per capita, which assumes that no land is set aside for other species. 44 Bhutan is seen as a model for proactive conservation initiatives. The Kingdom has received international acclaim for its commitment to the maintenance of its biodiversity. This is reflected in the decision to maintain at least sixty percent of the land area under forest cover, to designate more than 40% of its territory as national parks, reserves and other protected areas, and most recently to identify a further nine percent of land area as biodiversity corridors linking the protected areas. Environmental conservation has been placed at the core of the nation's development strategy, the middle path. It is not treated as a sector but rather as a set of concerns that must be mainstreamed in Bhutan's overall approach to development planning and to be buttressed by the force of law. - "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 45 Murtaugh Paul (31 July 2009): Family Planning: A Major Environmental Emphasis, Oregon University http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2009/jul/family-planning-major-environmental-emphasis 46 * 0 children, consumption < 20 gha ((1 gha) x 20) | * 1 child, consumption < 1 gha ((1 gha (2007)) * 2 children, consumption < 0.05 gha (1 gha ÷ 20) | * 3 children, consumption < 0.025 gha (1 gha ÷ 40) 47 Eco-Innocent: * 0 children, consumption < 20 gha ((1 gha) x 20) | * 1 child, consumption < 1 gha ((1 gha (2007)) * 2 children, consumption < 0.05 gha (1 gha ÷ 20) | * 3 children, consumption < 0.025 gha (1 gha ÷ 40) 38 39
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all parties (including the Judge, legal representatives and State Representatives) to any court proceeding; including consideration of such status, where relevant to the legal proceedings. Any Eco-Innocent is entitled to be tried by an Eco-Innocent Prosecutor and Judge, and in any dispute with a Scarcity Combatant, may require the court to take notice of Scarcity Combatants behaviour as a relevant49 aggravating factor to Scarcity related socio-political problems, such as: crime, violence, unemployment, poverty, food shortages, inflation, political instability, loss of civil rights, conformism, political correctness, vanishing species, pollution, urban sprawl, toxic waste, energy depletion. J. An individual can only run for Green President, as (A) an Independent or from a Political Party, which practices 100% transparency disclosure of all campaign contributions, and (B) whose procreation and consumption lifestyle qualifies them as an Eco-Innocent50.
I look forward to hearing from your office. Respectfully,
Lara Johnstone SHARP PP4PP Transparency Disclosure: My consumption footprint is 10.83 gha, procreation factor is zero (no children); amounting to a net footprint of 10.83 gha. If everyone lived like me, we would need 0.69 earths.
Scarcity Combatant: * 0 children, consumption > 20 gha ((1 gha) x 20) | * 1 child, consumption > 1 gha ((1 gha (2007)) * 2 children, consumption > 0.05 gha (1 gha รท 20) | * 3 children, consumption > 0.025 gha (1 gha รท 40) 49 Population Policy: http://sqswans.weebly.com/population-policy.html Scarcity and Conflict: http://sqswans.weebly.com/scarcity--conflict1.html 50 * 0 children, consumption < 20 gha ((1 gha) x 20) | * 1 child, consumption < 1 gha ((1 gha (2007)) * 2 children, consumption < 0.05 gha (1 gha รท 20) | * 3 children, consumption < 0.025 gha (1 gha รท 40) 48
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