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Old 12-05-2010, 04:04 PM   #160 (permalink)
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Global Climate change that is human induced is certainly a possibility. Why not strive to reduce our possible impact, without letting it become the absolute obsession that drives emerging countries populations into poverty.

Actually many emerging countries have the advantage of being in a position to look at our history and not make the same mistakes we made due to ignorance.

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This was a hope from 30 years ago. The idea was that third world nations would "leapfrog" over the mistakes of the industrial revolution and would use modern industrial practices in combination with sustainable/renewable energy resources.

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