The Aussies are doing a fine job of destroying their own environment and do not have first-class global manufacturing expertise to compensate.

As for the whales--I try to avoid that subject.  The Norwegians are about as environmentally conscious as anyone earth and the whale-lovers hate them too.  The USA is awash in the sort of "environmentalist" that drives to meetings in an SUV to plan to save the whales and eagles and panda bears.  And while I would prefer that environmentalists worry about whales AND their carbon footprints, I will appreciate the carbon footprint types more because climate change is a MUCH bigger problem.

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"