America 'not facing reality', says America itself

Back in the 1950s, many imagined the future to be a space-age smorgasboard of hovering cars, instant meal pills, metal robot pants and Coca-cola running from bathroom faucets. Ask anyone that question now, howver, and the answer will be somewhat different. Probably more along the lines of 'future? What future? Haven't you heard? The oil is running out and we're all going to die.'

There's one exception to this rule: the US government. They think that everything is just peachy. Turns out that the American public don't agree them, though - according to a new poll from World Public Opinion, 76% of Americans understand there will be an upcoming fuel crisis, yet 57% of them feel that the politicians in charge are doing precisely nothing about it.

Steven Kull, director of World Public Opinion, had this to say on the matter:

"Americans think their government is not facing the reality that oil is running out and needs to be replaced. The enormous support for replacing oil may also be prompted by concern about climate change."

It's worth noting that World Public Opinion is a well-informed and intelligent site about political issues, so chances are that the people voting in this may not be representative of great swathes of the American public. Don't get Westmonster wrong - we're not going to delve into the tiresome Anti-Americanism of cretins like George Galloway. We're just saying: we strongly doubt that Bubba-Joe Swamptooth from Arkansas was scrolling the net looking for political discourse while Wheel Of Fortune played in the background on his trailer park television.

Unless he was listening to these maniacs, of course.

Written by C J Davies on 20 Apr 2008 10:33 PM. Permalink