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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I'm sorry, you really need to tone this down here. Personal attacks are not tolerated here on MR. Also, keep in mind the average US citizen has no control over the actions of the US government.
BOb - Moderator
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pilot - point taken and apologies for the over-aggressive tone.
I would point out though that all US citizens (and citizens of any other democratic country to keep this from being percieved as a US bashing post) absolutely do have a level of control over what their government do. Isn't that kind of the point of a democracy?
In this case, green measures aren't taken by the government because consumers (i.e. the voters) don't like paying extra for them (e.g. an extra 5c on a gallon of gas, an extra $1 on a lightbulb to name but two trivial examples) and will remember that come polling day. It would seem that most governments have only one true aim, and that's to stay in power - if the majority of people give a clear message that they will not switch votes because they end up paying a couple of hundred dollars (or pounds - it's exactly the same in the UK) extra a year for responsible policies then these policies are much more likely to be pursued