"HeyBub" wrote in message
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If only this were a joke. Sadly, a lot of Americans figure it's
their right and/or duty to consume all they possibly can, shortages
and pollution other people will have to deal with later just are not
their problem.

There was once a Dilbert cartoon in which the secretary (nee Bride of
Satan) told Dilbert there was one pen left in the supply locker but he
couldn't have it because then she'd be all out.

I once saw a cartoon (possibly drawn by Gahan Wilson) in which two proud
hunters are thrilled at killing the last surviving members of some
threatened species, happy that their names will go into the record books as
the ones who made the species extinct.

Of course many hunters are actually effective conservationists, consider
Ducks Unlimited. They recognize that if their children and grandchildren
are going to be able to hunt then they need to protect habitat for wildlife
today, or there won't be a tomorrow.

And then there are the self-obsessed assholes who are completely happy to
crank up the thermostat rather than put on a sweater, who think a 4WD V-10
pickup truck is a hell of an idea even if they've never been offroad in
their lives, and who want to be the ones to burn the last gallon of gas
priced at under ten bucks.