07-12-2006, 05:30 PM
Quote:Untrue, these things are connected. If in the West we would act a bit brave, we would just put huge import taxes on products that are made in a way that is not according to our standards (not only environmentally but also without child labour eg). But of course that is bad for our own wealth......so it is us who decide.
We are talking about India and China: big, tough and nukes, not some squalid third-world country dependent on "development" aid. If we slap import duties they will a. retaliate and b. go to the WTO. Even if they had the same enviromental standards as the west, the sheer numbers just mean that the output of greenhouse gases will rise and rise.
Anyway it is the sovereign decision of a country to put economic growth ahead of the enviroment. The per capita output of greenhouse gases in the west is still at least 10x higher than in India and China so preaching at them just makes us look like hypocrites :whistling:
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âThe world doesnât end with water, fire, or cold. Iâve divined the coming apocalypse. It ends with tentacles!â
âThe world doesnât end with water, fire, or cold. Iâve divined the coming apocalypse. It ends with tentacles!â