All this has caused Bush to seek to accommodate – verbally, at least – the will of an overwhelming majority of Americans to conserve energy. Moreover, although Bush has given mainly national security reasons for his seeming change of heart, America’s federal system, helps the country get around even a roadblock as powerful as the president, as “localism” promotes eco-political initiatives at the state level and even within municipalities.
所有这些都让布什至少在言辞上包容绝大多数美国人保存能源的意愿。而且，尽管布什主要是用国家安全的理由来解释其表明上的改弦更张，美国的联邦制度帮助国家绕过像总统那样强大的路障。美国的“地方主义”在各州、甚至是城市的层面上促进生态政治倡议。