Lyndi-loo, we ARE already paying back! The (s)election of our current President by the greedy IS one of the paybacks!!!

To elect a President with vision, the voters need to have that vision. Seems like the voting public is pretty much split down the middle between a vision of short-term personal gain and one of long-term environmental protection.

The reason I said Bush should drill on his property is that I think the destruction of his own "environment" MIGHT get it through his thick skull that there's a problem! Probably not, though. How do you convince "Big Oil" to "use less oil"??? We must do more than simply turn down our own thermostats.

At least Bush is STARTING to listen to the global warming warnings. As has been said above, far too little far too late.

Even if the US got its environmental act together, there are still lots of other countries with high pollution records who need convincing to make a global difference.