Reply #15: Technically, we did it to ourselves

[NickB79]

As unpopular a statement as that may be, we are the ones that continued to base our entire economy on unsustainable fossil fuels and the promise of unlimited growth, despite the evidence around us that the party wouldn't last forever.

But we, as individuals, are the ones that bought SUV's, 3000+ sq. foot homes, moved to the suburbs at the expense of 50-mile commutes, filled those homes with massive amounts of consumer crap, etc.