Ecology: Ecological limits or Economic growth?

Where the library sits on this axis

The 112 written profiles are each stored with one value for this axis, written by hand. These are the ones furthest toward either end, and the ones closest to the middle.

These are editorial readings of the positions, not measurements of any party, movement or voter, and every vector is open to disagreement. Every profile, all three sets →

The statements that measure this axis

The question bank holds 10 statements for ecology: 5 coded so that agreement counts toward Economic growth, and 5 coded the other way, toward Ecological limits. The Short version draws 3 of them, Standard 5 and Deep 10.

• “Economic growth should not be sacrificed to distant environmental targets.” agreeing counts toward Economic growth
• “Climate change is the defining constraint on this century's politics.” agreeing counts toward Ecological limits
• “Environmental rules should be judged by their cost to ordinary households.” agreeing counts toward Economic growth
• “Governments should tax and ration activities that damage the climate.” agreeing counts toward Ecological limits
• “Technology and wealth, not restraint, will solve environmental problems.” agreeing counts toward Economic growth
• “Protecting ecosystems matters even when it slows the economy.” agreeing counts toward Ecological limits
• “Energy security is more important than emissions targets.” agreeing counts toward Economic growth
• “Consumers must accept higher prices to decarbonise the economy.” agreeing counts toward Ecological limits
• “Green regulation often exports pollution rather than reducing it.” agreeing counts toward Economic growth
• “Species and wilderness have value beyond their use to humans.” agreeing counts toward Ecological limits

How this axis is scored

Each statement is answered on a five-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. On this axis, 5 statements count agreement toward Economic growth and 5 count it toward Ecological limits, so a run where you agree with everything does not drift to one end.

The two directions are averaged separately and then weighted equally, and the result is reported between −100 and +100: negative toward Ecological limits, positive toward Economic growth. A statement you skip is not counted on this axis at all, so skipping never moves the score. Anything inside ±12 is recorded as centred rather than as a lean.

The same twelve values are what your result is matched against. How scoring works, in full →