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We’re already reducing significantly per capita, without the desastrous consequences you decry. Oil consumption is essentially stagnant in the US since 2000 (1)
by nautilius 5y ago
We’re already reducing significantly per capita, without the desastrous consequences you decry. Oil consumption is essentially stagnant in the US since 2000 (1) while the population has grown by 50,000,000 (2), i.e. by ~17.8%
(1) https://www.worldometers.info/oil/us-oil/#oil-consumption https://www.worldometers.info/oil/us-oil/#oil-consumption
(2) https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/population https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/popu...