Big Mick said that the constant one-sided bashing isn't fair, and I agree. But there are reasons that the US takes so much bashing, as you will see below. The thing is, the US has the most luxurious lifestyle in the world, and Americans cannot expect to keep grabbing whatever they want from other countries to maintain luxury.

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Americans constitute five percent of the world's population but consume 25 percent of the world's energy. On average, one American consumes as much energy as 2 Japanese, 6 Mexicans, 13 Chinese, 31 Indians, 128 Bangladeshis, 307 Tanzanians, or 370 Ethiopians.(7)

The United States is responsible for 22 percent of the world's industrial carbon dioxide emissions, a leading cause of global warming.(8)




1996 World Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau.