tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post3396079137527210776..comments2023-12-04T10:02:29.445-06:00Comments on Mark's China Blog: Climate Change RhetoricMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967364257656897151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-60555303317205014412009-05-23T03:34:25.944-05:002009-05-23T03:34:25.944-05:00I know what you mean, Ramesh.
I see the hypocricy...I know what you mean, Ramesh.<br /><br />I see the hypocricy in an American saying to the rest of the world, "You guys need to be carbon conscious and you need to grown in a clean fashion." America, without a shadow of a doubt, has wreaked havoc on the planet's ecosystem more than any other country in history.<br /><br />There is a South Park episode from, I believe, season three that points out this kind of American hypocrisy really well. That episode is about US hippies wanting to save the rainforest in Central America. While about a slightly different topic than India and China's growth, the idea is basically the same:<br /><br />How does America have the write to dictate to others how they should develop and what they have the right to do?<br /><br />I agree that this is a slippery slope and a rather dangerous one to walk down.<br /><br />Of course, if we are to believe a great majority of the rhetoric surrounding climate change and human involvement in the activity, then not changing the ways of the past or being proactive in this regard can be seen as troubling.<br /><br />I'd like to see science step up and do, as Ramesh says, not make this an "either/or" situation. Working towards eliminating the either/or situation would be one of the grandest achievements in human history.<br /><br />Hopefully we can have this in the next couple decades. Who knows, maybe the current financial disaster will be the impetus for this kind of innovation.<br /><br />But at the moment, it seems to me like we are a ways away from solving this carbon/energy problem.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967364257656897151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-80421418958597251842009-05-23T00:04:04.067-05:002009-05-23T00:04:04.067-05:00A really tough area. How do we balance the develop...A really tough area. How do we balance the developmental needs of the poor in countries like India and China, with the absolute need for containing carbon emissions. Not an easy trade off - for it is a tradeoff in most cases. I feel this will be a perpetual conflict unless science can find a way to make it not "either/or".Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com