Further checking the OECD quickly, no, the lead isn’t down to petroleum alone—absurdly high in all sectors, save agriculture.
Link to numbers, please..?
But never mind statistics.
I am sorry, I’m going to mind statistics. You seem to like numbers when they support (or can be made to support) your predefined conclusion, but when it turns out your statistics are wrong or misleading you go “never mind”.
Do you have issues with the basic logic?
Yes, because you can’t run a cost-benefit analysis without looking at costs.
That isn’t how people use the word rich.
That is how people use the expression “country as a whole”.
That is how people use the expression “country as a whole”.
Is a ton of air as a whole denser than a gram of gold as a whole? IOW intensive quantities are intensive.
Is “rich” an intensive quantity, like “dense”, or an extensive one, like “heavy”? Meh. I’d say it depends on the context, and in the context of Izeinwinter’s comment I’d say it is clear which they meant.
Link to numbers, please..?
I am sorry, I’m going to mind statistics. You seem to like numbers when they support (or can be made to support) your predefined conclusion, but when it turns out your statistics are wrong or misleading you go “never mind”.
Yes, because you can’t run a cost-benefit analysis without looking at costs.
That is how people use the expression “country as a whole”.
Is a ton of air as a whole denser than a gram of gold as a whole? IOW intensive quantities are intensive.
Is “rich” an intensive quantity, like “dense”, or an extensive one, like “heavy”? Meh. I’d say it depends on the context, and in the context of Izeinwinter’s comment I’d say it is clear which they meant.