On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:56:27PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 > > -- > KPLUG-Steer@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer >
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