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Should poor countries sacrifice their economies to stop global warming and environmental issues?

This question comes after reading an article where China says that poor countries should not sacrifice their growth to the general concern about global warming and other environment issues. They have a point by adding that most of the green house emissions comes from the richest countries and that the effect of slowing their economy is far worst than the global warming effect. I belief that if we are able to travel to the moon and orbit the earth, we can find a better way to produce our goods and energy needs in a more efficient and cleaner way than today. Because of the fundings needed for research and development it needs to be done by the governments of the wealthiest nations. We as individual also need to play a part to be more efficient in the use of energy, water and goods. And this is not only is good for the environment but also for your own family budget.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a total advocate for being environmentally conscious. In fact, I ride my bicycle to work to cut down on carbon emissions, dependency of foreign oil and the need for war to defend that type of energy – but I don’t think that any country should sacrifice their economy for ecology and I agree whole-heartedly with your explanation.

First of all, it’s not an either or issue. You do not either have an environmentally friendly country or a successful economy. You can have both. Holland has used wind energy for a long time. Recently Germany became the solar capital of the world (yes Germany, the place without a bunch of sun). I recently needed new light bulbs for my bedroom, and opted for the eco-florescent ones, because it doesn’t cost a lot more, and they make a lot of sense. Walmart enclosed their refrigerators and used skylights better to reduce their energy usage by 20% or more. Shanghai is even building “green” complexes with commercial and residential together so residents use less fuel to get to the store and back.

When I look at the problem, it’s not an issue of killing an economy, it’s an issue of adopting best practices. Best practices include designing better buildings that are multifuncional and more energy efficient. Best practices includes placing retail and commercial space near residents who will shop and work there. Best practices include producing wind, solar, wave, and geothermal energy close to where it will be used. Best practices include not eating a 3000 mile salad.

Being environmentally concious is not something that you do by going about big projects. It’s about living life a little bit smarter than we used to.

On a side note, I think that there are better ways to invest the world’s money than to combat global warming. Check out this link for a nice 19 minute discussion of the topic. Very intelligent.

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