Obama: "We can't...eat as much as we want"

[Cassie 8]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

:thumbs:

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

More U.S. guilt! The other 78%?

what about China and India?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

More U.S. guilt! The other 78%?

what about China and India?

Since when were you responsible for your neighbour?

When you misbehaved as a kid, did you ever get let off because "the other kids were doing it too"?

[Jenn! 918]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

More U.S. guilt! The other 78%?

what about China and India?

Maybe pictures will help...

[HAL 9000 96]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

:thumbs:

Silence you Communists!

[*JG* 2]

The pictures didn't help......Now, all I can think about is Christmas!

[Sister Fracas 5]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

:thumbs:

Silence you Hippie Communists!

there you go....fixed

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

More U.S. guilt! The other 78%?

what about China and India?

Since when were you responsible for your neighbour?

When you misbehaved as a kid, did you ever get let off because "the other kids were doing it too"?

OMG!

[Cassie 8]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

:thumbs:

Silence you Hippie Communists!

there you go....fixed

[chri'stina 190]

There is some hypocrisy though. While what Obama said has the intentions of lessening our consumption, if he does go riding around in the SUVs and flying everywhere using tons of gas, it means the idea isn't put into action by him either.

I had a Consumer Culture class in college and we had to read articles by a guy who was really into helping the environment, anti-McDonald's and big corporations, and people using a lot of gas. He has some influence, but I don't remember his name. He had some good points. Then one day one of the articles was about how even though he held all those "ideas", he was commuting 40 miles to work, eating at McDonald's sometimes, and hardly did anything he was pushing others to do because it wasn't practical for him. I was so disappointed in him and wondered why we even had to read his articles and opinions when he was a complete hypocrite. The teacher was like, oh...well he has good ideas. That totally annoyed me.

[HAL 9000 96]

The U.S. has 4% of the world's population yet uses 22% of the world's energy resources. Can we expect not to be held accountable for this by the rest of the world?

:thumbs:

Silence you Hippie Communists!

there you go....fixed

You were supposed to misspell it!!

[HAL 9000 96]

There is some hypocrisy though. While what Obama said has the intentions of lessening our consumption, if he does go riding around in the SUVs and flying everywhere using tons of gas, it means the idea isn't put into action by him either.

I had a Consumer Culture class in college and we had to read articles by a guy who was really into helping the environment, anti-McDonald's and big corporations, and people using a lot of gas. He has some influence, but I don't remember his name. He had some good points. Then one day one of the articles was about how even though he held all those "ideas", he was commuting 40 miles to work, eating at McDonald's sometimes, and hardly did anything he was pushing others to do because it wasn't practical for him. I was so disappointed in him and wondered why we even had to read his articles and opinions when he was a complete hypocrite. The teacher was like, oh...well he has good ideas. That totally annoyed me.

Very good points. I just wonder how he's supposed to campaign at the level the others campaign since not all potential voters really have the environment on the top of their priority list. Those VJers on the Obama campaign should raise these points to see if they can come up with more green campaign tactics.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

I guess Barack wants to start a new portion control board.

With all these overweight Americans, that might not be a bad idea.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

There is some hypocrisy though. While what Obama said has the intentions of lessening our consumption, if he does go riding around in the SUVs and flying everywhere using tons of gas, it means the idea isn't put into action by him either.

I had a Consumer Culture class in college and we had to read articles by a guy who was really into helping the environment, anti-McDonald's and big corporations, and people using a lot of gas. He has some influence, but I don't remember his name. He had some good points. Then one day one of the articles was about how even though he held all those "ideas", he was commuting 40 miles to work, eating at McDonald's sometimes, and hardly did anything he was pushing others to do because it wasn't practical for him. I was so disappointed in him and wondered why we even had to read his articles and opinions when he was a complete hypocrite. The teacher was like, oh...well he has good ideas. That totally annoyed me.

Thanks Stina! You got my point!

[nana_356 0]

I dont see anythong wrong with what he said.

and what is wrong with adressing the wrongs and rights of the us. In order for him to be a good leader he should not be afraid of addressing the wrongs, there are many things that the US can do to address these problems.

and very informative chart Jenn!