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Originally Posted by rwthomas1
The rest of the developing world wants what we have. Telling them no is not going to be pretty. RT
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I agree. It is not going to be pretty at all. Although the Kyoto protocol (whether you favor it or not) is pretty interesting in that the developing countries are willing to put a cap on their CO2 emissions (and hence their development) as long as the developed world is willing to cut back too. So it would seem that the leadership recognizes the need to do something. It could also be that if the global warming predictions are at all accurate, a lot of the third world will feel the brunt soonest.
I don't want to get this off track onto global warming... the intent above was to illustrate that the third world does seem to be willing to moderate their growth, although fundamentally I agree that they do want much of what we have.