"but it really doesn't sit well with me to see so many shirking personal responsibility for the effects of human activities on the climate that do go beyond the normal ancient patterns."
How about some examples of what you're referencing?
"This earth is, above all, God's kingdom. Destroying this gift from God little by little and refusing to accept any personal responsibility for continued destruction, after it is known what the effects of these gases are, shows a lack of moral values"
You must mean volcanos and belching cows are immoral?
"What do people in this country want, the government to step in and order people to clean up after themselves?"
How so? anti-litter laws? Or charcoal lighter fluid bans? Maybe we could get rid of all cars and force people to us mass transportation?
See the graph above for examples of what I'm referencing.
As for belching cows and volcanoes, are you for real? Obviously those things are not choices, whereas human beings in the year 2005 have massive choices about what fuels they use and the consequent emissions. If you have the means available to stop your destruction and you choose not to use them, that's immoral.
As for your suggestion of forcing mass transit, that's exactly the problem I'm talking about -- is that what you want it to come to? Not me.