Jake, the attitude is being perpetuated by the constant brow-beating and unsolicited pontificating by people who feel its their moral obligation to make me feel guilty for living my life the way I do.
Especially on a site where such unwarranted advice is neither wanted nor appreciated. If I wanted my daily dose of global warming hysteria, I'd turn on any of the major news outlets and be convinced that my SUV's slot in the afterlife is at the right hand of Lucifer himself.
So I'm adopting the "Go to hell" attitude with you people. I really have NO guilt about driving around in circles for 6 hours at a time if it means that I'm personally entertained due to the fact that I'm snubbing my nose at those who would force me to feel otherwise.