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"the more resources must be consumed to do so."

Resources, in net, are not "consumed", they are created by our knowledge. Our ability to utilize energy, for example, is not limited by finite resources, but rather by our knowledge about how to access the virtually unlimited supply, throughout the universe.

"By assessing GDP you are showing that some countries are more efficient at producing wealth from the resources they consume."

Because resources are mostly not "consumed", the rate of growth of efficiency determines who will create the most resources over time(not "consume" the most resources). Footprint per GDP is a reasonable first approximation to who is creating resources the most efficiently.

by a reader on Tue, 10/31/2006 - 00:38

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