[dzonga]

a simple metric is energy consumption

look at this chat - courtesy of perpexity.

United States 11,855 KWH China 5,474 Germany 6,483 Australia 7,000 (approximate based on recent trends) Singapore 9,000 (approximate based on recent trends) United Kingdom 4,701

Energy consumption of the uK is that of a poor developing country.

people will cite the size of uk homes due to lack of land as if you can't build houses with a lot of sq/ft - sq/m vertically ?

the only thing keeping uk afloat at the moment is the friendly immigration policy.

money doesn't move in capital markets but people would rather pump money into property.

[tuatoru]

As someone said recently, abundant energy is the basis of prosperity. There are no poor countries that use a lot of energy per capita, and no rich countries that use little. (China is a "middle income" country, not a poor one.)

https://energyforgrowth.org/article/how-does-energy-impact-e...