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That's not really true. Just because you consume a product does not mean you share the responsibility of someone who produces it with negligence. However, if

• aresant 16y ago
  In my lifetime nearly every major environmental disaster, major war, and major economic crisis has been tied to oil. Not ENERGY, but OIL. American's (myself included) are too terrified of losing our cars or making oil unaffordable to demand reasonable regulation on the industry or investment in real alternative technologies. This has nothing to do with global warming & C02. That's just the icing on the cake.
  • blhack 16y ago
    >American's (myself included) are too terrified of losing our cars or making oil unaffordable to demand reasonable regulation on the industry or investment in real alternative technologies. Let's save the America self-hate for now. We're not the only country in the world that uses oil.
    • aresant 16y ago
      Fair comment - but check this out: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-oil-consumption-per-capita http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_oil_con_percap-energy-... We rank #23 out of 230 on a per capita basis, nearly everybody above us is either an Island nation where transport costs factor in huge or a Middle East nation with plenty of oil in their back yards. The average American uses 2x as much, in running total, as do the French . . .
      • waterlesscloud 16y ago
        Compare inhabited land area of the two nations. Now, about those transportation costs...