On May 6, 2006, at 7:16 PM, jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> On 6 May 2006 at 21:13, ravi wrote:
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>> At around 6/5/06 6:43 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> 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
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> 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
But isn't the point that they will eventually use as much given their population? Marta
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