In light of the UN General Assembly where President Obama and others pointed out the excessive use of American energy, let me put a few numbers in perspective.
1) The left claims that despite the U.S. having only 5% of the world population, the States use 25% of the world energy, which is – according to the left – very wrong. However I look at it differently: a third of the world economy is (generated) in the USA, yet only a quarter of the world energy supplies get burned here, which means the U.S. actually uses LESS energy than its percentage of the world economy.
2) Despite having only 5% of the world population, the USA has – as said before – a third of the world’s economy. This proves once again that capitalism is the best system for economic prosperity.
3) If the left, here or abroad, like to use “the 5% of the population” as the gage, they should conclude that the U.S. is the greatest nation on earth, because despite having only 5% of the population, the US government is the largest contributor to most humanitarian missions worldwide, including funding the UN, and people in the States donate privately more than doe people in any other nation.
