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I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to him that America represents 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 30 percent of the world's energy. What if everyone in the world lives like Americans? Where do we get the energy for this standard of living?
Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.
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![I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to him that America represents 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 30 percent of the world's energy. What if everyone in the world lives like Americans? Where do we get the energy for this standard of living? - Mikhail Gorbachev](https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-i-remember-secretary-of-state-george-shultz-one-day-saying-that-america-is-an-economic-mikhail-gorbachev-149-99-79.jpg "I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to him that America represents 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 30 percent of the world's energy. What if everyone in the world lives like Americans? Where do we get the energy for this standard of living? - Mikhail Gorbachev")
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