Brin-l Digest, Vol 381, Issue 3

[Dave Land]

On May 16, 2008, at 5:53 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:

> On 16/05/2008, at 8:11 AM, dsummersminet at comcast.net wrote:
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>>> I'm not sure that you commented on this, Charlie, or if it was in
>>> your 'round toit' bucket, but I don't see legislation being the
>>> answer because key countries, such as China, are not ruled by so
>>> ruled....and they gain by burning coal....even if others suffer.
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> China has, weirdly, tougher emissions legislation than Oz.
>
> It's just the sheer numbers and density of people that's the issue
> there... even if their emissions per capita only get to 1/3 of USA or
> Oz, it's a Big Big Issue...

Whether or not we like how much our Chinese neighbors consume, I don't
think that insulting their intelligence is the way to go.

Oh... _Population_ density...

Carry on.

Dave