American citizens constitute about 4% of the world's population. The inverse of 4% is 25. Assuming your post #11 is correct that this nat gas find would supply the world about 8 months, I multiplied 8 by 25 to induce that this find would supply American citizens for 200 months. Divided by 12 it rounds to 17 years worth of supply if it were used for only American citizens.
The U.S. uses about 33 trillion a year, it’s less than a three-year supply just for us.
yes that’s true. The United States is about 4% of the world’s population but it’s also about 25% of the global GDP and as a modern developed country with huge manufacturing it also uses significantly more energy than all but 1 other country so it’s not a linear comparison. China uses more but they have 4 times the population. Qatar and Iceland use more per person but they’re way smaller obviously.