Fish,
Good points, but many of us have heard this message before and it doesn't delivery good facts or a way to save the planet. Most of us are WAY more practical and look at the total picture.
I'd bet we all contribute to "saving the planet" in our own way, but the suggestion that we slow up a bit is a non starter and a non issue. If we were that serious, we'd sell our boats. And if that's your thing, sell your boat, most of us don't care.
For most of us, we don't do stupid stuff, but we are not willing to make ridiculous sacrifices for very little to no benefit.
We will keep our cars, boats and jets and life goes on......
That has nothing to do with my comments, the subject there is apparent.