You could say its not in the interests of Governments to reduce energy use because if they did....................
- Big business would suffer because they are all by and large based on consumption of fossil fuels and raw materials to make the products they sell
- Governments rely on business to provide employment, balance of trade, GDP, consumer products and all that stuff, so if we stop using it, the profits fall, people get laid off, and we end up with a world wide depression
I'm Carbon Offsetting my GP with BP of all people because in my opinion they are making a genuine attempt in conjuction with other partners which is improving and educating the systems in other countries, its not just planting trees though lots of other good stuff going on there.
And of course there is some truth in the argument that Global warming is cyclical. There once was an Ice age, it got warmer, then it cooled, then it got warmer. Some say the sun is getting hotter as it gets older before it goes into terminal decline and finally collapses in on itself. Thats a way off and hopefully the human race will have sorted itself out by then
