I think I have the answer …

[jon-nyc]

Let’s throw tomato soup at the Mona Lisa.

[Axtremus]

Gotta to really ask if we really want to "catch up," as our population size is about a quarter of theirs, so we are still ahead by a lot on per capita basis. But if we want to grow electricity generation at that rate, we'd have to go nuclear, and expand grid capacity bigly.

[jon-nyc]

Missed the point. It’s not about being jealous of their electrical capacity, it’s making fun of the idea that western nations can stop carbon loading of the atmosphere.