Who gave the right to mess up our planet to americans?

So far the three replies have got no value to them except being trashy!! Im looking for an honest answer as to what really gives the americans the right to pollute the planet and at the same time be the torch bearers of telling others to bring it down.

Trashy, is that a pun for our pollution? You are clever:eek:

Maybe if you asked a serious question and listed a reputable source you would get better answers.

Wikipedia is the haven of people too lazy to do real research. I love it!!
 
I don't think they are telling others to bring theirs down. The Yanks know how much emissions they kick out. At least their politicians and business leaders do. Canada has small pop. and must heat heavily during winter but we still suck up huge amounts of energy and have dirty oil sands too. We are as bad. Lots of room to absorb damage and lots of oil over here. Makes us complacent at best.

The three worst without looking it up. I guess China, US then India. Brazil probably 4th maybe Indonesia.

Getting China and India to limit emissions would be awesome. Developing nations look at us (west) and say you did it. It's the price we must pay to be advanced and developed like you.

And that is one way. But not best.

Europe leads in trying, New World doesn't really try and Third World can't afford to.

Would be nice if Canada and the US led the effort to show you don't have to wreck environments to be developed. NA still has lots of wild areas that Europe lacks. Too late for Europe, their forests and much wildlife gone centuries ago. They have seen the effects though.

Here in NA we have a chance to show coal fired plants and deforestation are bad things to have. Maybe pay the price of doing the right thing. Always more money than easy thing.

World leaders must lead. That is why they are called leaders.
 
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/SeriesDetail.aspx?srid=749

How about this? It is united nations data. I hope you reply back. If you still have doubts, i will bring in EU data.

I rarely click on links, unless it's a masturbation recording from a hot guy. Those exceptions I can make.

I am still working on sentence translation

"gives the americans the right to pollute the planet and at the same time be the torch bearers of telling others to bring it down."

Bring what down? The planet? I am totally against that, I like living here. The weather is nice, cows are yummy (especially with cheese) and gas guzzling suv's are legal. Torches? Hmm, they have aesthetic value but as I live in a non 3rd world country with electricity, I am ok with bringing those down for the winter, but summer nights on the patio are not the same without a torch.

Cows, which are terrible polluters, are not bred for witty companions here. Maybe a world wide steak n bake could solve our pollution woes. What do you think? Would you be willing to slaughter every cow to save the planet?
 
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To answer your question: they did. They gave themselves that right. Around here it is usually their fall back on most issues regarding American exceptionalism.
 
Going by this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions

The americans are the second most polluting people on the planet while they are telling the rest of the world to bring things down and really who gave them this right?

The reflexive right wing response is generally "But...but...Mom! The other side does it too!" (the other side in this case is, of course, China).

Most American corporations are focused on their bottom line, so environmental protection gets the shaft more often than not.
 
The reflexive right wing response is generally "But...but...Mom! The other side does it too!" (the other side in this case is, of course, China).

Most American corporations are focused on their bottom line, so environmental protection gets the shaft more often than not.

Well...they couldn't even get away with that...China wouldn't be doing what it's doing if we weren't paying them to do it.
 
Going by this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions

The americans are the second most polluting people on the planet while they are telling the rest of the world to bring things down and really who gave them this right?

Who gave them this right? The fact that the U.S. has more global power and influence than any other country as well as the largest GDP. If we don't tell the world, who will? If we don't do it, it won't get done, will it?
 
The answer to your question can be found in a little remembered book, "The Arrogance of Power" by J. William Fulbright.

One of the truthiest books ever written, Fulbright was speaking about LBJ and the Viet Nam war, but his logic applies here too.
 
Abusing the cow is perspective of your civilization against which we have no qualms. Its your way of thinking and i respect that. In my culture we respect cow as for thousands of years a cow managed to not only provide a healthy living in a wholesome manner to a family by giving milk and subsequently its byproducts but also many merchandises to trade. The problem is you want us to think your way which can never happen. So while we respect your way of slaughtering cows, you aren't respecting our way. Isn't that imposing?

I don't care what you do with cows or what your way of thinkng is. You are free to live within the confines of your country and it's attitudes. You created a post accusing Americans of messing up the planet. You have the right to your opinion but don't blind yourself to your hypocrisy. When you live a zero emission life and do nothing to mess up the planet, then please stand on your cow idol and fling all the dung in our faces that you want. Until then I will enjoy my charcoal bbq, suv and ozone eating stainless steel cleaner. Call me when you are emission free.
 
You're right.
"The americans are the second most polluting people on the planet".
- is entirely different from referring to ExxonMobil withholding info from it's own american public :

Exxon Mobil Accused of Misleading Public on Climate Change Risks
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/s...ding-public-on-climate-change-risks.html?_r=0
"More than 40 of the nation’s leading environmental and social justice groups demanded a federal investigation of Exxon Mobil on Friday, accusing the huge oil and gas company of deceiving the American public about the risks of climate change to protect its profits."

That's what the major corporations want: to keep us distracted by fighting between ourselves, instead of focusing on Them.
 
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