Because of the consumption patterns of “Happy Meals” .. or rather fast food burgers in general;

The average child born in the United States will, in the course of his or her lifetime, do twice the environmental damage of a Swedish child, 3 times that of an Italian child, 13 times that of a Brazilian child, 35 times that of and Indian child and 280 times that of a Chadian or Haitian child.

-Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach by Richard H. Robbins

That is just crazy to me.

It’s curious that Americans (as a whole) will most likely be the last to admit global warming.. very curious.