1. Ya, and then he goes and flies around like he is exempt from belching out a carbon footprint, plus has a house bigger than my apartment building, which seems to be exempt from sweating out carbons (his house, not my building)...
2. I always considered the third world as a part of our planet that desperately needed help. Although I would rather it be done openly...
3. If we went back to the 40s and 50s type of behaviour for our households, things would be better. Note I said households...
we composted, reused many of our household containers, many of our grocery items were bought and carried home in reusable bags, usually the breadwinner would take public transport because it was so convenient, kids rode bikes everywhere, moms hung laundry out to dry, almost every back yard had a garden and the harvest was canned or frozen, or shared amongst the neighbours...
but this is coming from a person who lived in a house without running water, although electricity was in. No heat other than an oil burner in the living area and a wood stove in the kitchen. Bathroom, what the heck was that?
We did have a grand garden. and I didn't miss running water one bit. except in the winter when you had to go.... 
Most of us could get by on less than half of what we have, and be happy. The more we have, the more we want, and I am so guilty of that syndrome.
Having been in a place where we had so little our belongings fit into the bed of a pickup, with room left over, and now where I have so much STUFF I am beginning to feel like a trapped rat, I vote for less, which in the end, works out to be more.
Stuff Al Gore - and the jet he rode in on.
