The Consumerist published a report concerning a survey done by National Geographic today titled "Report: Americans Trash the Environment and Don't care." (subtitle "A River in Egypt"). Basically, the survey showed that Americans don't think that pollution, overharvesting of resources, or global warming are really all that big of a deal. In fact, concern over such issues was found to be consistently less prominent in the US than the average for all countries surveyed. Most Americans do believe that our lifestyles and consumption patterns are largely unsustainable (70% of us, anyway) but we're content to let future generations deal wit the mess, because that same majority also believe that the repercussions for our actions will not surface during our lifetime.
Might I mention a certain oil spill in the Gulf?
You can read the article at http://consumerist.com/2010/06/report-americans-trash-the-environment-and-dont-care.html
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