Reply #7: I'll hazard a guess that most Americans don't give the slightest damn..

[Fumesucker]

It was only yesterday that someone IRL said something to me about the gusher and that was more along the lines of "I guess we'll have to vacation on the East coast of Florida instead of Panama City" than really being concerned.

Unless they are directly impacted most Americans couldn't care less about the environment.

Edited to add: I didn't make my point clearly, yesterday was the *first* time anyone IRL has mentioned the Gulf gusher to me in any way at all. I live in a red area of a red state, I long ago quit talking anything political because it only makes an already difficult life even more isolated and difficult.