Sorry to perpetuate this thread, but Mudcat strikes me as an ironic target for this kind of flaming, both because it has such a large non-American membership, and because it has seemed to me that we are a group of people that lean toward ecologically friendly measures more than a lot of other groups I can think of. At least, I've seen posts from a fair number of vegetarians and vegans, and we seem to tolerate SUV-bashing pretty well. I don't dare SUV-bash at home (Texas has that lovely combination of large-vehicle obsession and concealed handgun licensing).

I understand GUEST's frustration, but I can't stand blanket assumptions and to go for the throats of all of us regardless of nationality or ecological awareness is, at best, extremely unfair. Furthermore, the anti-pollution Americans among us are fully aware of the problem and are at least as frustrated as GUEST that we can't get the rest of the country to do follow our examples.

Until then, I will continue to recycle everything I can (which is not always easy in the US, where recycling facilities and services are lacking or nonexistent in many areas), drive cars that get high gas mileage (and not drive them at all when I can), and vote against political candidates who don't care about the air I breathe or the water I drink if it makes them a buck.