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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (36147)	7/16/2003 5:00:20 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

I agree with the development of energy efficiency, but they are too expensive for countries like China to use. Will developed countries like US and Japan transfer their technology at a reasonable cost? possible but highly unlikely. So I think in reality, it is Unavoidable for a more reasonable redistribution of current consumption pattern for the energy resources. And if that means at the cost of some less advantaged population in developed countries (read "poor people"), so be it, and no one can stop it. The outcry of that UN official won't do the trick either. As for the population control in developing countries, Contraception has to be accompanied with economic development and improvement of the health care. People will want to have more children no matter what, if the IMR is as high as 50-60 per 1,000 or even higher in a lot of African countries. Although AIDS could do a part of job in controlling population<ng>