There was a post here about how much gas California uses compared to China.
I've heard related data that USA, while 5% of world population, uses something like 30-50% of the world's resources. (I saw a related bumper stick in Mira Mesa just last week on an *SUV*. Note the irony.) While I don't argue with these statistics. I think we must remember that the USA also **gives back** much for all that consumption. Everytime some inventor in the USA doubles the gas mileage on cars, that's like effectively *doubling* the world's oil supply. (At least the % of oil used by cars.) Now, add in all the US medicines, software, computer inventions, the Internet, farming advances, etc. and I'd wager that it was worth all that oil consumption. In short, think of USA's inventors and work force as an "innovation factory" that runs on oil, electricity, food, water, etc......What it outputs is more valuable to the world than all the black goo in the ground. cs -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
