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Add net-negative to the list then ;) I bet voters are keen on paying for that. Regarding Asia: I thought of this at a more global scale. Of course it's pointle

• rayiner 7y ago
  They’re not “using it as a trash dump.” They just want to live a decent modern life. The average Bangladeshi emits 0.5 tons of CO2. The average European is more than 10x that. Europeans biking anywhere isn’t going to cut emissions by enough to let Bangladeshis live a European style life (even if the Bangladeshis bike everywhere too).
  • archi42 7y ago
    I didn't mean that literally, and I suppose/hope nobody things "hey, let's destroy the earth! Death to humans!". If developing countries aspire to an European life style this will come with more emissions (which you said, and I agree with you). I would be the last to claim that some people should have a less decent life than others. But the people in those country can see where this path leads, and since they're still "developing" they can try to start on a better path (if they want to). They have the advantage that these days there is greener tech available, so there is no need to go down the dirty road that led us to where we are right now in the west: We dumped a lot of shit in the pool, and still do, and we act as if we can't do anything about it while we should get ourselves together rather sooner than later. //edit: What I mean is, I think our lifes are little bit too decent; at least with the costs we're paying for them, e.g. by destroying our planet. [Queue pun on technical debt or raking up a bill our (grand-)kids have to pay]