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There's a strong reason to believe it's much of it.

See:

The true raw material footprint of nations

https://web.archive.org/web/20130906063246/http://newsroom.u...

The material footprint of nations http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/08/28/1220362110

As of 2010, total global per capita energy consumption was rising:

http://i.imgur.com/5hO5Hep.png

Most of the above, plus further discussion:

Economic decoupling? The recent relationship between energy and growth

https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/1vlksg/economi...



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