This is not a theorem, or a rule, it is more of a guideline. That US Energy consumption produces equals output. I made this case back in 2008 when wackadoodles like Jeanne Shaheen, Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter (among others milking the teats of the earth-mother for green votes) complained about how America used 25% of the worlds energy–or something close to it, and we were evil for using all that energy. The narrative was that we were domestic abuses of a child named "resources."
My point, proven time and again, and again, and again, is that we took roughly 25% of the worlds energy and turned it into 25% or more of the worlds wealth and prosperity. The US GDP as a percentage of global GDP was almost identical to our percentage of energy consumption.
But we did it cleaner, faster, better, with more freedom and choices than anywhere else on the planet. And the end result was the richest nation with the fewest poor, the best health care, and almost a better everything else. Even our poor are better.
Liberals and progressives in the democrat party however hate that, just like they hate this; more proof that we do more good things with energy by 6AM than the rest of the world does all day.
It is a chart (on the jump), that shows GDP output compared to energy consumption. Follow the link, and you can play with the interactive version that shows you who, where, what and so on. Press play to watch use and growth. Try the tabs and check boxes, and have a grand old time–for about 90 seconds. Then share it with your annoying liberal friends, and make them buy you another drink for being wrong yet again about something else they will continue to insist is true despite evidence to the contrary. (There is no settled science but global warming after all.)
Thanks to Roger Pielke Jr’s blog for the link to the chart.
