[Terpfen]

"Although the United States represents only one-twentieth of the global population, its environmental footprint is dramatically larger. This country consumes roughly a quarter of the world's energy while producing approximately a quarter of the pollution and garbage. Economists will point out that we also produce roughly a quarter of the world's wealth, but frankly, a lot of that stays home, while we tend to import our energy and "export" our pollution. Simply put, we live well beyond our environmental means."

The article lost me here. 25% of the world's resources pass through here--we ship a good percentage of that off to other countries in the form of foreign aid and other international handouts. I'm sick of the distortion this statistic is presented with.

[AndyJackson]

The article lost me here. 25% of the world's resources pass through here--we ship a good percentage of that off to other countries in the form of foreign aid and other international handouts. I'm sick of the distortion this statistic is presented with.

No, the fact that the United States consumes 25% of the world's natural resources is not a matter that is under dispute among those who keep count. Our foreign aid is a miniscule fraction of GDP.