The gulf between the western world and North Korea is _vast_. As an example, the USA has roughly double the fossil fuel consumption per capita as Germany and t

The gulf between the western world and North Korea is _vast_. As an example, the USA has roughly double the fossil fuel consumption per capita as Germany and triple that of France, yet the standard of living in the USA is not significantly higher (and the median may in fact be lower, depending on your standards). Fossil fuel usage is higher in Russia than any western European country, yet the Russian standard of living is lower. There's a lot of low hanging fruit we can go after in the short term, we could potentially halve our fossil fuel usage in ten years and if we actually put the effort in do it while maintaining a high standard of living.