▲ | testing22321 4 days ago | |
A pretty common stat is that the us is ~5% of the world’s population and uses up ~95% of the world’s resources that are used annually. | ||
▲ | delichon 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
In terms of energy use it's more like 4% of the population uses 16% of the resources. Still 4 to 1, but not 19 to 1. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=87 Per capita, that rate puts the US in 10th place. | ||
▲ | umanwizard 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
That can't possibly be true. Yeah the US is inefficient but there's no way Europe + Japan + China collectively use only 5% of the world's resources. |