tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post114374049759150062..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Beyond Kyoto—to Shanghai and DelhiHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144107945684851142006-04-03T19:45:00.000-04:002006-04-03T19:45:00.000-04:00Paul/Liz, U.S. per capita productivity is higher t...Paul/Liz, U.S. per capita productivity is higher than China's. So you need to compare the ratio of bad byproducts produced per good products produced in both countries.<BR/>Your smog analogy is flawed. Just because our GNP "is still substantially higher" than China doesn't mean that we can reduce further without substantial job loss and inefficient secondary effects. Per my previous comment, I'm no fan of air pollution but you should consider that we are ALREADY setting "an example."Evanston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09851967034946400308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1143921510505851442006-04-01T14:58:00.000-05:002006-04-01T14:58:00.000-05:00"A free pass to the worst polluters", eh?Tell me, ..."A free pass to the worst polluters", eh?<BR/><BR/>Tell me, since nobody told the US what to do when it was going through the L.A. smog era, since the GNP in the US is still substantially higher than that in India and China (and it can thus afford environmentally friendly alternatives), and since the per-capita emission of CO2 is still substantially higher in the US than in China ... why do you think that it is fair to limit countries trying to improve their economies towards that of the US? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to set an example?Exile from GROGGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00520118288960599976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1143916224457932782006-04-01T13:30:00.000-05:002006-04-01T13:30:00.000-05:00I was posted in S. Korea for a year in the late '9...I was posted in S. Korea for a year in the late '90s. The air was horrible, everywhere. I don't know for sure, but I suspect in addition to S. Korea's own nastiness that a boatload of pollutants was drifting over from Red China.<BR/>All I can say is that you can't escape from bad air, so the one environmental issue I totally support is air quality.Evanston2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09851967034946400308noreply@blogger.com