On Jun 8, 11:03 am, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:

I use my SUV to go to the corner store to buy tooth picks...one at a time.

I'd like to think that this was sarcasm, but I'm afraid you might be
telling the truth.


In the US, fuel consumption per GDP is down; everywhere else it's UP.

Maybe. But lowering consumption from a ridiculous high level might
leave you still much higher than someone else who rose from a low
level. (i.e. if you go from 100 to 98 on some scale, you're still
higher than someone who went from 10 to 20.)

Hangovers hurt, but they do
serve their purpose.

Maybe to go and get more petrol.

We could produce ten times more than we could "conserve".

Perhaps, but that not the point. To do so would only hasten the
consumption of what is left, and reduce the time for conversion to
some sustainable alternative.
It also adds a bunch of pollution.