OT of an OT: Ethanol

[Thermodyne]

Suicide Junkie said:

It is not the idea itself, but the manner in which it is presented.

To me, it sounded aggressive; "if we're gonna do it, we're gonna hit you up for it too."
My impression is that Europe is way ahead of us slobs on this side of the pond.

Perhaps it is an arrogant American attitude. Have you seen the treaties that have been proposed for placing limits on greenhouse gasses? The developed world cuts emissions and the third world gets to slash and burn rain forest so as to graze cattle. I’m not sorry that America has been more successful than most of the rest of the world, but I will be damned if I’ll make concessions on energy so that Asia can continue its 1950’s industrial revolution. I’m all for protecting the environment, but the sacrifices I’m forced to make have to be made by the rest of the world. The way I see it, much of the world has a lot of catching up to do on environmental issues.