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I would like to know how much of American dematerialization is just exporting materialization to China. They make our stuff, we import it. Does that count as ma

I would like to know how much of American dematerialization is just exporting materialization to China. They make our stuff, we import it. Does that count as materials consumed by Americans? Note that they mention the great reversal starting in 1970. Nixon went to China in 1972.

dredmorbius 7y ago
There's a strong reason to believe it's much of it. See: The true raw material footprint of nations https://web.archive.org/web/20130906063246/http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-technology/true-raw-material-footprint-nations https://web.archive.org/web/20130906063246/http://newsroom.u... The material footprint of nations http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/08/28/1220362110 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/08/28/1220362110 As of 2010, total global per capita energy consumption was rising: http://i.imgur.com/5hO5Hep.png http://i.imgur.com/5hO5Hep.png Most of the above, plus further discussion: Economic decoupling? The recent relationship between energy and growth https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1vlksg/economic_decoupling_the_recent_relationship/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1vlksg/economi...
WhompingWindows 7y ago
Not only that, what about the end of infrastructure? Timber, steel, copper, asphalt, cement -- these are signs of a country investing in its infrastructure. Other than copper, if we saw a trillion dollar infrastructure package, our de-materialization would vanish in a heartbeat, and our carbon emissions would shoot WAY up.