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    Study: Americans don't feel pain for disproportionate use of Earth's resources

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Welcome back to -- today.

So NPR science guy Richard Harris reports that Americans don't feel guilty enough about their evil consumption.

Mining -- -- countries and their habits he says yanks don't feel the pain that their disproportionate.

Use of the Earth's resources warrants.

Well the only usage I feel guilty about its electricity takes the power NPR how -- -- change -- to -- public resources.

Let's see how long they gripe about us using up the world's energy supplies but that chance Democrats support big government.

It sure is that government will always looked at -- now pieces for the left.

So who should -- guilty while environmentalists for one who pushed the banning DDT which -- malaria to kill tens of millions of people.

You never see that in Hollywood movies.

So forget disproportionate use and consider -- disproportionate success.

The richer western nation is the more the left -- -- punished because you proved them wrong.

And those green he's gravitate toward -- nations failings to mask their own.

See Al Gore if you can find him so what should you feel guilty about well here's my list not calling your mom every day.

Not returning -- to the racket that GM that's awful.

Leaving clothes on the dressing room floor at old navy -- I -- the pick him up and most important not sending me photos of yourself and acrobatic poses.

After all the earth will be here a lot longer than me so make every day with me out.

The Houston right -- send you those pose poses all the time but never sent them back not you.

I asked for your white vote -- it.

He reference very good thank you very much I was gonna talk about tap water.

What they did to tap water with chlorine but then that gets in the -- -- you not feel guilty enough about the terrible things we do.

By the way I was in a pretzel -- the other day I couldn't reach the camera I'm really sorry let's until think.

And the -- is made me feel very very guilty I feel like if I put a bottle of water.

Not in a trash can that is a designated recital I feel like someone is going to end hill meet -- -- or a newspaper in Manhattan.

But I just wanna point out is the same -- PR that hadn't -- time this week friendly skepticism greets Romney at the NAACP.

Has brenly skepticism.

It was actually -- the survey was -- -- National Geographic a project called green -- which makes me sad Bob because I love National Geographic.

And it was an entertaining read.

Now the brain -- Well again this issue they're very -- the reality is that we do consume much more per cap but we often brings.

We played a lot of things that's true but the question is not that we consume more are we doing everything we can do consume less which would be in everybody's interest.

And I think the answer that clearly is no.

Because all of you fossil fuel fanatics.

Continually that we can drill our way at this and alternative energy is the way to go I think that's legitimate argument.

Could tell that to a Third World nation where they die from burning.

The good fabrics and and and -- -- it get.

It's -- that kills that they would love to have.

Fossil fuels I imagine you know does that make -- bad guy to drive because I wanna drive my -- had my wife meet me at the barbecue.

Or open of the barbecue and put a whole bunch of lighter -- on the different call and I light it up -- -- make some nice.

Fix your -- -- get what I want to do that every game well.

Because it creates -- -- -- amount of water wasted in in just in this city alone infrastructure dripping a billion gallons of water today.

I was in the peace -- in the Philippines that could take care of entire area of the Philippines is definitely water that might be -- want to think about it.

Hollywood rain.

She would be proud of all the great stuff that we do we we should be and am I know a little bit about this because he's talked about it economic this is a winning issue for Romney to talk about economic growth that's -- at middle child can't wait to see this but I think.

I didn't think -- see it and I don't -- if I'm not thinking.

-- mean OK so here's the thing.

-- -- that's our country as several country I went on Eritrea for example -- country you don't have a lot of output and say you don't have a lot of pollution.

As you grow as a country economically.

Your pollution goes up so like China but then as you you there's a point where I -- remember what -- Curtis called.

You turned a corner -- start spending your own money your GDP you're economic money your growth.

On things to help improve the environment that's what we do here we have rules that -- to have coal fired.

-- our -- -- robbers to strip -- the pollutants before it goes in the air.

The best solution for improving the environment is a strong and growing economy.

And I think that's a good point.

I just think we all agree that we want a better near environments that.

And spending all the taxpayer money now do it that's for people -- -- all the energy energy efficiency standards do not think are we got to.

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