The price of petrol over most of Europe is in excess of 5$ per gallon

Mostly due to tax gouging policies of the European socialist governments. The gas itself probably costs $1.00 without the taxes.

Don't you think you should stop moaning about the very cheap prices you 'enjoy'

No, actually you should START "moaning". You guys like to strike don't you?.....BOYCOTT GAS STATIONS...PICKETT PARLIAMENT!!!!!

In a free market system, product prices are their own built in conservation measure. The higher the price...less consumption. The greater the supply.....lower prices.

Of course you guys don't have a free market system do you?

as a nation that consumes more than 25% of the world's resources and makes up less that 5% of it's population

Of course we do feed the world, I guess we could cut back on agricultural production.

Perhaps you should get real and start trying to play your part in helping to reduce climate change

A. We are not producing most of the world's air pollution.

B. You seem to believe that man can control or cause climate change. How's that volcano doing?

It all sounds very selfish to me!

Your style of government is what's selfish. Most of your confiscated income goes to pay "non-essential government employees" (aka bureaucrats) NOT to provide social services.

If you like socialism now...just wait until a United States of Europe happens....then there will be a massive new layer of bureaucracy and taxation on top of what you have now. The people of Italy can pay for welfare cases in Denmark.

Our founding fathers and most European immigrants came to America because they didn't like being told exactly what to do. We like to call it F-R-E-E-D-O-M. Economic or otherwise.

mav out