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Sustainability, no matter how one defines it, requires clear understanding of our society's environmental impacts. Therefore, research quantifying how society meets its material needs, depending on its socioeconomic and technological contexts, provides critical information to aid sustainability efforts worldwide. Once these aspects of society are reasonably understood in relation to the past, further analysis can model future supplies and demands.