I didn't see the show, but we DO consume too much of this and too much of that. Our per capita energy consumption is 2-3x higher than in Europe, and almost infinitely higher than the rest of the world. Whether that contributes significantly to global warming and erosion is another question. Our high consumption does make us easy and obvious culprits though.

I think China is doing much more damage to the world's ecosystems than we are, but then again they have taken over our heavy industries which are hard to make 'green'. They are also in money-making mode and they don't want to hear about environmental responsibility.

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