Don Klipstein wrote:

The overall big problem is a big set of a lot of problems, and none
of the individual problems alone is an impressive percentage of the
total.

The case is the same for USA excessive energy consumption.


Somewhere between straw-man and canard. We often hear: "The U.S. has 5% of
the world's population yet we consume 25% of the world's energy!"

What's left out of the equation is the U.S. is responsible for 25% of the
planet's Gross Domestic Product.

I leave it to common sense for the reader to detect what is the cause and
what is the effect.