“America has 3% of the world’s population but uses 25% of the world’s energy.”
Everyone’s heard that. The “news” promotes it routinely. But is it true? Is it even possible? Who of all those factoid users actually did the research? No one knows. 25% measured how? Who uses the whopping 75% and is the real “villain” in energy use? Does the real villain use 85%? No one knows. Does Europe have only N% of the world’s population, but use NN% of the world’s energy? Should Communist China’s billion farmers without power in the countryside be counted? Of all the people in the world who actually have power, the U.S. has only N% of the pie? Why so little? The popular highly dubious 25% stat is great for attacking America’s greatness and denigrating all we have accomplished, but it doesn’t do much for knowledge. Maybe that’s why the media likes it so much and uses it without a disclaimer.
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