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"The typical American eats 20 pounds of fresh apples each year," whereas "the typical European consumes about 46 pounds," said Clinton.
According to his numbers, government at all levels currently consumes about 38 percent of personal income.
It consumes an equal amount of resources regardless of whether it is paid for by debt or by taxation.
So hotter environments should support lower population densities, as each individual consumes resources more quickly, leaving less to go round.
It is not just technophobes who wonder whether a society that consumes 90% of the world's supply of methylphenidate (Ritalin), where the most profitable class of drugs is antidepressants, and where cosmetic surgeons perform liposuction on prime-time television is a society that has somehow lost its way.