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[Brad DeLong]

>  > From:          Brad DeLong <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
>>  >Could you ask Summers if Africa is still vastly underpolluted?
>>  >Doug
>>  Well, don't you think it is? Wouldn't you be very happy if African
>>  air had more sulphur dioxide in it, and Africa were a richer place?
>
>ONLY speaking for a tiny slice of the white radical petit-bourgeoisie
>in Johannesburg:  no thanks, that kind of "wealth" is part of a model
>that has made a ridiculous mess of society, economy and environment
>already. SA has per capita CO2 emissions that rival Japan's even
>though half the population doesn't have access to electricity.

True. South Africa hasn't been "underpolluted" since they started 
using cyanide to get the gold out of the rock...

Brad DeLong