In 2008, The New York Times stated that the inhabitants of the developed nations of the world consume resources like oil and metals at a rate almost 32 times greater than those of the developing world, who make up the majority of the human population.
在2008年，《纽约时报》称发达国家居民消耗资源的速度是发展中国家的32倍，如石油和金属，而发展中国家人口占人类的绝大多数。