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Obviously the biggest country to pioneer modernization will have the most historical emissions. You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette. More importan

• gdubs 6y ago
  I’m not hostile to this point of view — I understand it. But ultimately there will have to be some sort of middle ground. Carbon emissions stick around a very long time, and we can basically assign our name (speaking from the USA here) on the majority of them. They’re the emissions causing challenges today, and they disproportionately affect the poor developing nations, who — while they may benefit from our innovations — are going to have a hard time accepting that they can’t take the same easy route to success that we did.