Reply #148: Consider [View All]

How many middle class Americans can the planet support? With that degree of wealth comes a certain level of consumption which requires tremendous amounts of resources which requires extraordinary amounts of energy to obtain which creates extreme pollution and the catastrophic climate change which we are experiencing today.

We all know the statistic that America consumes 25% of the world's resources with only 4% of the world's population. Well what does that mean as it relates to our daily lives? How much of the world do we colonize with our daily habits of conspicuous consumption?

Yes the uber-wealthy are the primary culprits but there are millions of others who are using way more than their share. Simply by living in this country with all of its requisites most of us are using too much but it's important to acknowledge that and limit our damage.