It seems like it will take both government requirements of cutbacks in usage along with the majority of people having the desire and will to make massive changes.

Do you have any recommendations? Thank you for sharing your thoughts!!

All the oil refineries in the world currently produce daily one and one half liters of oil for every man woman and child on Earth.

The average American uses a minimum of six liters per day to support his or her lifestyle.

That’s four and one half liters of oil more than our share if we are talking about everyone on the planet using an equitable amount of (oil) energy.

So, the sad truth is that Americans are taking enough energy out of the supply to keep approximately two billion people in the world in dire poverty from the standpoint of energy available to them to support a lifestyle.

That means that each American must cut back by two thirds+ or the people in poor nations will remain in dire straits when it comes to supporting their comfort.

With all of the conversation we have regarding the environment, in the US, ask yourself, “Are individual Americans willing to cut their energy use by two thirds? That would mean no air conditioning and very little heat. One car (at most) per family, and many more (Un-American) inconveniences. (No Moms running “practice” errands for two or more children after school.)

When it comes to shove, no matter how much we publish articles calling for Green action (thereby wasting more energy) no American I know would be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to give other people in other nations their fair share of the oil produced.

We are just too used to being, well, American, to go much beyond conversation.

Our actions speak very loudly to the rest of the world.

China is the biggest consumer of energy in order to produce products primarily for guess who?

The number of liters of oil each Chinese person has for his or her personal use is less than a liter.

In other words, Who is kidding who?

As an example, John Travolta often gives speeches encouraging Americans to cut back. However, John owns five personal jets that he uses to fly to wherever his schedule takes him.

That is an extreme example but, on a smaller scale, nearly every environmentalist in the US has an energy footprint over three times what it should be if they were to seriously claim to be living a Green lifestyle.

It is not a pretty picture.

We are very noisy about the environment in the US. However, that’s just about as far as it goes.

Lets strive to create a green society !!!!
Lets aim at 350 !!!!!

Perhaps that is true. However, the way I look at it is, in some sense it doesn’t matter. I think that reducing pollution, being frugal with our limited natural resources, and finding ways to use renewable resources more efficiently can never be wrong.

Also, it seems that “going green” is usually a net positive on people’s bank accounts so I don’t see how the media benefits at the cost of the masses.

Thank you so much for contributing your comments here.