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Old 03-10-2007, 04:42 PM   #107
Aliantha
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
Bottom line is this. The developing economies like India and China would like nothing more than to see our country sign on to kyoto and sit back and watch as we further outsource and spend billions nation wide to meet the double standards they will never have to meet or spend money on to achieve ANY level of CO emissions that we will have to do.
So you don't think we'll be here by the time emerging economies have emerged?

I wonder why that might be.

Yes I know that's not exactly what you said, but really, why would they never have to meet the same standards? People in emerging economies are not the enemy. They're just doing the same thing developed countries have been doing for centuries...and in most cases still are.
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