I hate to say it, but the reason they probably didn't say "if everyone lived as Qatar does" is because a lot of people would wonder where Qatar is, and what the lifestyle is. Much easier for the global audience of predominantly western people to consider the lifestyles of people in the USA.
At the end of the day, as Fatimah has pointed out above, this is a GLOBAL problem. We, as global citizens, are consuming well above the amount of resources our Earth can replenish.
Something needs to change at a grass roots level. Rather than pointing fingers at how we are all individually excused from doing something personally, and that the responsibility lies elsewhere, we ALL need to think long and hard about how we consume resources.
We are all privileged enough to live in countries that won't be the ones who will ultimately suffer from the consequences of this sort of thing. As global food prices continue to rise, it will be poor from Africa and Asia who will starve and die.
Does anyone on here actually care, or do I just sound annoying like Bono?
I hate to say it, but the reason they probably didn't say "if everyone lived as Qatar does" is because a lot of people would wonder where Qatar is, and what the lifestyle is. Much easier for the global audience of predominantly western people to consider the lifestyles of people in the USA.
At the end of the day, as Fatimah has pointed out above, this is a GLOBAL problem. We, as global citizens, are consuming well above the amount of resources our Earth can replenish.
Something needs to change at a grass roots level. Rather than pointing fingers at how we are all individually excused from doing something personally, and that the responsibility lies elsewhere, we ALL need to think long and hard about how we consume resources.
We are all privileged enough to live in countries that won't be the ones who will ultimately suffer from the consequences of this sort of thing. As global food prices continue to rise, it will be poor from Africa and Asia who will starve and die.
Does anyone on here actually care, or do I just sound annoying like Bono?