Survey: "Green Guilt" falls by nearly half in a year

A Decline in ‘Green Guilt’ - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

According to a new survey commissioned by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, a non-profit group formed by the rechargeable battery industry to promote battery recycling, just 12 percent of Americans now feel guilty that they’re not doing everything they can for the environment. That’s down from 22 percent in last year’s survey.
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• 57 percent said they are at least “somewhat likely” to pay a premium for earth-friendly products. Only 19 percent said they are “very likely” to do so.

Townhall.com Blog : Greg Hengler : Video: MSNBC's Prosteletyzing, [Brainwashed] Prodigy: Global Warming Is 'The Grown-Ups Fault'

No doubt this line has been driven deeply into her skull by her "educators." The little girl knows that her blame line will receive an "Amen!" from her adult compadres of compassion--hence, the smile as she says it.

Lynne Beck: In Some Ways, Cap and Trade Is Back to the Future - WSJ.com

It's no surprise that the climate bill offered by Reps. Henry Waxman and Ed Markey ("Henry Waxman Has a Plan. . . ," Review & Outlook, April 10) contains all manner of lifestyle management minutiae. The two congressmen have had more than 30 years in the House to fine tune their lifestyle ideas for Americans.

The pair have been waiting for an opportunity to push through a more intrusive Carter administration energy-plan sequel, cleverly recycling the original "20% renewables in 2000" broken promise into a new "25% in 2025" unachievable commitment. (Look for a "50% in 2050" pledge from a future Democratic administration after the 2025 hoax is revealed.) Other key changes from the 1979 version include: thousands of invasive regulations and product mandates in place of Mr. Carter's suggestions to turn thermostats down and wear very heavy sweaters; a cap-and-trade revenue windfall instead of the Carter oil company windfall profits tax (they could have had both this time if not for the unfortunate collapse in oil prices); and a global warming rationale instead of the 1970s global ice-age climate threat du jour.