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USA consumes too many resources from the world. Something between 24 and 30 percent, depending on the category, while making up only 5 percent of the world's po

by molmalo 13y ago

USA consumes too many resources from the world. Something between 24 and 30 percent, depending on the category, while making up only 5 percent of the world's population. As other countries want to raise their share, and the USA wants to keep the status quo... conflicts arise. That's why the US Government can't just "stay at home vs. making new enemies all over the world all the time?". Imagine for a moment what would happen if they just stayed at home... The simplified version: - US industries would have much less resources for production. Imagine a drop from 30% of wold's energy consumption, to 20% - 15%. Power shortages, industries closed. - Prices on raw materials, would raise, because other countries would demand to increase their share. (More demand -> higher prices). - Local prices would raise even more (lower production -> higher prices). - The economy would enter in a deep contraction and depression. - Large layoffs would be common. Unemployment would reach new heights within the country. - Social discontent would be too dangerous in a heavily armed country. - Protests and more protests, demonstrations with large numbers of people claiming for actions. - Police is ordered to suppress the demonstrations. Violence emerge. Sooner or later, a protester dies, unleashing more fury among the people. - Larger and more radicalized demonstrations are organized. - Eventually, the government falls (as happened in many other countries in the last few years). That's why US troops can't just stay at home and grow flowers. Sadly for the rest of the world, changing the status quo will take a long time. And it's not something possible to do in just a few years. Any attempt in doing a drastic change would end up in violence and possibly war if done by a foreign entity. So, sadly, more hate to the US Government will keep extending around other countries for a few more decades.

newbie12 13y ago
The US is one of the most energy efficient economies in the world. The US consumes a lot of resources because it still produces so much of the world's GDP. And we're constantly inventing new resources and better ways to extract them-- we're moving towards being a net exporter in some energy categories, and we feed much of the world.
- crypto5 13y ago
  > The US consumes a lot of resources because it still produces so much of the world's GDP. 80% of US GDP is "services", not a real production.
csense 13y ago
Why do troops overseas equate to trade balance? Is the implicit threat of military action really the only thing keeping the rest of the world from closing their borders to US trade?

by molmalo 13y ago

newbie12 13y ago

The US is one of the most energy efficient economies in the world. The US consumes a lot of resources because it still produces so much of the world's GDP. And we're constantly inventing new resources and better ways to extract them-- we're moving towards being a net exporter in some energy categories, and we feed much of the world.

crypto5 13y ago
> The US consumes a lot of resources because it still produces so much of the world's GDP. 80% of US GDP is "services", not a real production.

csense 13y ago

Why do troops overseas equate to trade balance? Is the implicit threat of military action really the only thing keeping the rest of the world from closing their borders to US trade?