Criticism
First of all, this list is original research, though it consists of simple math, a casual user cannot verify rankings are accurate in a matter of a few minutes, and second of all, its usefulness is limited as it does not accurately reflect GDP energy or carbon intensity as oil is not the only significant hydrocarbon nor energy resource. The fact that many of the numbers from the CIA are mere guesses (see notes), figures are from differing years, and that many do not reflect the use of oil consumed in the process of making refined products makes this list even less meaningful. Also, the calculation is performed using nominal GDP which does not take into account of purchasing power of different currencies.
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Famous quotes containing the word criticism:
“The critic lives at second hand. He writes about. The poem, the novel, or the play must be given to him; criticism exists by the grace of other men’s genius. By virtue of style, criticism can itself become literature. But usually this occurs only when the writer is acting as critic of his own work or as outrider to his own poetics, when the criticism of Coleridge is work in progress or that of T.S. Eliot propaganda.”
—George Steiner (b. 1929)
“In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)
“When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving. As a result their boss soars out of economic into magic significance. He becomes a source of blessings rather than wages. Criticism is sacrilege, doubt is heresy.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)