I have had this fight with clueless democrats many times and you cannot put a dent in their hard heads. They consider themselves "green" while pushing for programs that encourage unnecessary and pointless consumption.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...roy-the-planet
If We Bring The Good Life To All, Will We Destroy The Planet?
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The hope was to find at least a few examples of countries that were simultaneously delivering the good life to their citizens while staying within their per capita boundaries for environmental damage — in other words, using natural resources at a rate that would be sustainable even if every person on the planet matched it.
Unfortunately, "we really didn't find that," says O'Neill.
Instead, says O'Neill, "generally the countries that do well on the social indicators do so by consuming resources at a level that could not be extended to all people on the planet." These include Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. "And the countries that do well on the environmental indicators — in other words, that are consuming resources at a sustainable level — don't do well on the social indicators." Examples include Malawi, Yemen and the Philippines.
There are also five countries that do damage above all seven of the environmental boundaries even as they fail to achieve all 11 social indicators. This includes the United States, which misses the mark when it comes to income equality and employment."