I was recently talking about how we were all doomed because basic stuff that we need to make things is rapidly running out. From rare elements used to make electrical devices right down to relatively common stuff like Zinc and Copper are dwindling at an alarmingly rapid rate.
I found this awesome chart which shows in simple graphic form all that I was trying to bludgeon you over the head with using clumsy words. Read and be afraid.
(Thanks to MightyGodKing for the link)
The chart shows the average consumption of lead per capita in America is 5.3 kg.
… that explains a lot
Per capita. That means every person uses 5.3 kg per year.
301,000,000 * 5.3 = 1.5953*10^9 kg for the US in 2009 if you want to know. Lead is actually not so bad because it’s largely recycled.
I think he meant that the fact that they consume 5.3kg of lead each year is why they are so retarded.
Engineers can’t get jokes proven by science once again.