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# Stuff Up of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/stuff-up-of-the-day-20/
- Published: 2019-07-25T03:30:53.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-25T06:10:57.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Media, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

You would think that the reporters at *Stuff* would be familiar with all the Scientific terms related to the environment and climate but you would be wrong.

In [this article,](https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/114450665/earth-overshoot-day-kiwis-consume-a-years-worth-of-resources-in-five-months?ref=goodoil.news) the reporter seems to have misheard what was said to them and as a result, gets it completely wrong.

**“buyer capacity”** should be **[“biocapacity”](https://www.greenfacts.org/glossary/abc/biocapacity.htm?ref=goodoil.news)**[ ](https://www.greenfacts.org/glossary/abc/biocapacity.htm?ref=goodoil.news) It is- used incorrectly twice.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-24-at-3.47.11-pm-copy.jpg)

[stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news](https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/114450665/earth-overshoot-day-kiwis-consume-a-years-worth-of-resources-in-five-months?ref=goodoil.news)

> She also noted that we’re still an “oil-based society”, but our **buyer capacity** has “drastically reduced”.  

> “In the early 60s, we were sitting at 18gha… and now we’re at nine.. we’ve halved our **buyer capacity** and that’s what helps us to push those overshoot days to later in the year.”