It's also the reason why you'll not see a car with good MPG ratings in the US, no offence intended - you guys like a big engine, V8 perhaps, and cars that are very large compared to say Europe, let alone Asian countries.

Your roads are built for it though.

It's the same with Kyoto or whatever it was called - the US chucked that out when the price of staying in the agreement was considered too high.

Economy-based choices will always be there. It is worth pushing to get conditions improved throughout the world, and then it will eventually happen.

There is always a 'bad side' - people want cheap X, so production moves to cheap labour country. That means jobs are lost in your own country for those on lower wages. That's the way it is. So then you protest against off-shoring.

It's all a balancing act, and you do have some power with your vote to tweak it.

At least we are able to use those words