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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
really? do you really believe that the US doesn't take massive steps to "clean up the environment"? You don't have any idea at all how much has been done since the 70's to "clean up the environment"
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Seriously?
No... it does not take massive steps to clean up man. It's hard to even think that when the US has around 5% of world population but comsumes around 25% of resources. There is an obvious imbalance and this is bound to reflect on the economy at some point (tho suspect that is already happening).
An increasing number of countries have done a lot more to protect their environment - some were total crap 20 years ago and they have made massive progress in that time.
The new kid on the block is obviously going to be China - like the US, they talk about it and go thru motions of acting, but they also know they have no choice but to act and minimize problems. Time will tell on that
As an aside.. and noticed this fairly regularly :-) When you listen to US folks who have chosen to live elsewhere, one of the background reasons along with perceptions of lower crime etc (which may or may not be true), is that they think the environment is already screwed and they want to more to fresher pastures to raise their families. OK.. It's only a relatively small number of people... but interesting to hear their thoughts.