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New Survey Finds American Consumers Least Green
news.nationalgeographic.com — The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan today unveiled "Greendex 2008: Consumer Choice and the Environment —A Worldwide Tracking Survey." Brazil and India were at the top of the list.
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- InfidelAl, on 05/08/2008, -0/+2Seems odd that many of the countires with the most "green" consumers also have the most polluted cities.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934286.html - vijayvmail, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I don't think this survey actually captures the attitude of the people. First of all, a sample popluation of 1000 "internet-enabled" citizens in each country is an extremely miniscule sample size to give any meaningful data especially in countries like China and India with more than a billion people each.
Second, in developing countries like India and China, people are kind of forced to go in for smaller homes, rely on public transport and save on water & electricity. In these places, demand outstrips supply and hence consumers are forced to make the best use of whatever is available. This should not be compared with places like US and Canada where most people do not know the meaning of the word 'scarcity'.
I've talked more about this in my blog: http://mythoughtwaves.blogspot.com/2008/05/greende ...
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