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Re:Climate Change Tracker by bigyikes on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:04PM (#37372618)
What happens when Bangladesh fully modernizes and the average Bangladeshi consumes the same amount of energy as an American today?
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Re:Climate Change Tracker by simpleblend on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:16PM (#37372758)
This is the key. They don't want the third-world to industrialize.
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Re:Climate Change Tracker by polygamous_bat on Sunday September 03, 2023 @05:12PM (#37374641)
There is an implicit assumption that "modernization" equates large energy consumption. Carbon emission of a German is half of that of an American, so are Americans twice as "modern" (whatever that means) compared to the average German?
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