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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: combjelly who wrote (346947)8/16/2007 1:54:51 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1575446
 
CJ, > Tench, didn't you stop using the argument "well, everyone else does it" when you were like 12?

The point is that we can't tell the 2B citizens of China and India to maintain their current living standards while we wring our hands over "global warming" but won't make any sacrifices to our own living standards.

For example, I guarantee you that carpooling will save more energy than getting a Prius, if you count not just gas. "When you ride alone, you ride with Bin Laden." But most Americans don't want to be inconvenienced that way. Kind of sad to see like 3/4 of all cars on California highways with only one passanger.

> Not necessarily to reduce global warming, but because the primitive technologies they are using now pollute so badly that it kills people.

That to me is a separate issue. Soot and smog are bad. Beijing really has a lot of cleaning up to do before next summer's Olympics.

But CO2? Come on.

Tenchusatsu
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