Another reason to cancel your National Geographic Subscription:

Yet a telling piece of the real environmentalist agenda:

Americans Rated Least Green

by Queenie Wong

WASHINGTON — Americans rank last in a new National Geographic-sponsored survey released Wednesday that compares environmental consumption habits in 14 countries.

Americans were least likely to choose the greener option in three of four categories — housing, transportation and consumer goods — according to the assessment. In the fourth category, food, Americans ranked ahead of Japanese consumers, who eat more meat and seafood.

The new "Greendex" rankings are the first to compare the lifestyles and behaviors of consumers in multiple countries, according to the National Geographic Society.

It plans to conduct the 100-plus question survey annually and considers trends more important than yearly scores, said Terry Garcia, executive vice president of National Geographic's mission programs.

"This is not just a one-time snapshot," Garcia said. "Some of the most important information may yet be revealed."

India and Brazil tied for the top score: 60 points out of 100. U.S. consumers scored 44.9.

The survey, conducted online by the polling firm GlobeScan, asked a cross-section of consumers about their house, energy use, transportation, food, purchases of goods and other activities.

Brazil ranked high, for example, because the average household is physically small, most homes aren't heated, few are air-conditioned and Brazilians tend to use on-demand water heaters.

Did you see that? Brazillians are to be held in high esteem because they don't heat their homes. Try doing that in St. Cloud Minnesota in January. Their homes are small. They live a backward existence. Do you see where this is going? Do you see where the enviro-whackos want to take us?

For instance, India is ranked second as "more green" than the United States. India? Green? Have you ever tried taking a dip in the Ganges River?

Have you noticed that the dirtiest, most backward, disease-ridden and hygienically- challenged countries are rated the highest, and the cleanest, most advanced nations are rated the lowest?

This, my friends, is emblematic of the ultimate aim of the environmentalist whacko movement; that we should live a 15th century existence, with the entire world reduced to living in a collectivist pit of misery reminiscent of a middle-east fifedom, save for the enlightened, elite few.

So, go ahead and cancel your National Geographic subscription.

On second thought, better keep it. It may serve as a useful reminder of the continuing insanity the sane world is up against.