> The West has spent centuries modernizing itself to the point where there is a vast gap between the West and the rest of the world. The West has spent centuri

> The West has spent centuries modernizing itself to the point where there is a vast gap between the West and the rest of the world. The West has spent centuries inventing and iterating on technology which is now available to the rest of the world, and has experienced how environmental hazards are created, which we want to avoid repeating. The West also handcuffs itself with environmental morality (see infrastructure development in China vs the US). We have experience with pollution and want to avoid countries and continents of 1b+ people making the Earth uninhabitable.