>>>It's big companies and the military that are causing massive amounts of resource waste and overuse.
While often wasteful, the military is only 4% of US GDP,[1] and almost 40% of its expenditures is Pay & Benefits.[2] The rest, about $400 Billion, is <2% of the US's ~$21 Trillion economy (real 2019 GDP). It's...interesting...to single that sector of the economy out in particular.
oops i mixed up two different points in my original sentence. this is what i am talking about:
1) big companies are causing massive amounts of resource waste and overuse: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...
2) the US military is the biggest contributor to CO2 emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/11/worlds-m...