Why dont Americans care about the environment or anyone else in the world?

[Tom T]

Big generalisation i know, but America is the world's biggest polluter (per person easily, and nominally slightly ahead of china), everyone drives trucks or SUVs, and American efforts to reverse the trend seem pretty half hearted compared with most of Europe. Even some politicans want to increase oil production... "there's not much left, so let's burn it even faster!"...

And not to mention US foreign policy, propping up pro-US dictators in oil rich countries, supporting Israel's oppression of the Palestinians, invading Iraq...

Most Americans dont own a passport... maybe the world outside America seems just too far away to care about.

Canada and Australia aren't much better environmentally either.

[Appeal to Heaven]

Your rant is so full of faulty premises that it is embarassing.

[Sunshine]

Palestinians has nothing to do with oil energy or the environment, how you come to that conclusion is beyond me. Alternative energy sources is the key. Global warming is real and nuclear power is a safe viable option that has been used (safely) in France for decades.

[ryoshi100]

I think most people believe that environmental issues are SO big that they could never affect them. Or others believe that it is all a scam by liberals.

Whether or not we believe in climate change I think anyone could agree that we Americans are incredibly wasteful.

From the amount of garbage we make to the amount of food/water we just throw away it is sort of insulting. So many people are starving and we complain about the pettiest of things.

[leo lion]

because the politicians are lying about every thing

[kittymom]

maybe a little generalization. obviously, you are very sheltered or under-educated. you let your ignorance show.

[Jade]

I think you should brush up on your information..... I didn't notice that you posted any sources.

God bless America

[conservatism is a disease]

Millions of us do. That's why we vote liberal.

[Dar]

Actually, we have gone much further in reductions than Europe. Google it.

However, we don't believe, most of us, in the Kyoto treaty approach which would shift industry and jobs to countries where industry is dirtier, making the problem worse, in the name of 'the environment.'

We aren't idiots.

[Mike]

its because they really don't care about the enviorment and all that stuff that much, sure its on there minds but its really about protesting against america. like the anti war people, where are they now they have there lackey in the white house and now they don't care about our american soldiers dying in Afghanistan, the enviorlemtal junkies have there mission but its not about the enviorment.