America: on the path of self-destruction? [article from the Guardian]

[On environmental protection and fighting against global warming]

"...The attitude of the White House to global warming was summed up by the online journalist Mickey Kaus as: "It's not true! It's not true! And we can't do anything about it!" What terrifies all American politicians, deep down, is that it is true and that they could do something about it, but at horrendous cost to American industry and lifestyle.

In the meantime, all American consumers have been asked to do is to buy Ben & Jerry's One Sweet Whirled ice cream, ensuring that a portion of Unilever's profits go towards "global warming initiatives". Wow!"

There are many things in this country that I'm still not used to: the way environmentalists are depicted as liberal leftists in the press, the way ppl drive everywhere when you can walk for 20 mins instead, the backwards and inefficient public transport system, the disposability of all things plastic, the gargantuan portions and ppl, and their even bigger appetites for consumption.

To me, there's something fundamentally wrong about this American lifestyle, and it makes me want to move elsewhere where people have a better sense of eco-consiousness and awareness of sustainability.