I agree that there are serious problems with this article. Consider the statement: "Our personal consumption in the U.S. is already in overdrive. It's now equ

I agree that there are serious problems with this article. Consider the statement: "Our personal consumption in the U.S. is already in overdrive. It's now equal to 70% of our GDP (about double that of China and nearly a third more than that of Canada)." This is a nonsense claim. GDP is defined as consumption + government spending + net exports. It doesn't seem obvious that increasing the relative share of government or exports would do anything for the environment.