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In general, politicians don't tell us to conserve, or really do anything else that the public at large would not like to hear. US gov't and culture has steadily been shifting the onus of responsibility away from the individual and towards institutions (gov't).
We have failed to create and enforce laws that hold big business accountable, and the public is reacting by demanding increasing socialism. The pendulum is swinging from big business that is not held accountable, to big government that is not held accountable. Little does the public know that these are 2 sides of the same coin.
The solution is to elect representatives that refuse to sacrifice future well-being and liberty for immediate gratification and gimmickry. We are doomed because instant gratification is human nature, and Americans are the kings of it.
On a very tangent thought, let me pose these premises followed by a question:
1. Nothing is infinitely sustainable
2. The worlds usable resources will be depleted
3. The universes usable resources will be depleted
Why should one conserve when everything is clearly vanity?
I ask this question because my assumption is that many people who come on a site like this feel a moral obligation to conserve resources, and I'm curious how that obligation is derived.
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