Global Warming is Inconvenient

Probably you've seen the preceding photo on TV, except with Al Gore (former Vice President) standing in front of it.
American companies (energy companies!) and the Bush administration wish for global warming to be unaffected by economic production and consumption.
- America has not yet joined the Kyoto Protocol.
Scientific evidence that energy consumption is directly related to climate change is strengthening ... an inconvenient truth for industrialists and politicians.
- Japanese are not exempt; while Japanese automobiles are famous for efficiency kilo for kilo, they're getting heavier ... and using more gasoline.