> At around 6/5/06 6:43 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
> > No it's a serious point. The population of the earth is 6 billion, and
> > there's nothing we can do more quickly than a decade to get that down
> > even a bit. If you believe climate change is urgent, then something must
> > be done right now - which means cutting emissions drastically.
> > Population doesn't even enter the picture.
> >
> > Besides, some of the worst greenhouse offenders are the most thinly
> > populated - the US, Canada, Australia.
> I heard on this radio programme on WBAI ;-) that China now consumes 3
> times as much oil as the US. I probably heard or remember wrong, but
> usage is changing, yes?
>
> --ravi
China's consumption may be increasing 3 times faster than the US, maybe more, I'd have to look it up but they don't use anywhere near what the US does. The US uses 4 times as much as China.
John Thornton