# Does this Ecological Footprint make my butt look big? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-ecological-footprint-make-my-butt-look-big/541008 "2010-05-27T23:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-ecological-footprint-make-my-butt-look-big/541008/1 "2010-05-27T23:18:38Z")
[As shown in Scientific American.](http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=scimaps-exhibit&photo_id=D1A271FC-ADF0-7165-DF6A063E1DE260E2) I’d like to see the same thing done to the states. I’m pretty sure that parts of the US are more bloated than others. Pity that clicking enlarge doesn’t enlarge it worth beans. I can’t even read the legend. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-ecological-footprint-make-my-butt-look-big/541008/2 "2010-05-27T23:28:14Z")
Here’s [a PDF of it](http://www.worldmapper.org/posters/worldmapper_map322_ver5.pdf). Here’s [another version](http://pthbb.org/natural/footprint/2003/cartogram.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-ecological-footprint-make-my-butt-look-big/541008/3 "2010-05-28T17:06:29Z")
Sweet! Thanks. Those are a lot easier to read. In the first on, it looks like we’re trying to shove poor Canada off the map.