>The only way we're going to truly minimize human impact is by forcing developing nations like China and India to dramatically change the way they are growing t

>The only way we're going to truly minimize human impact is by forcing developing nations like China and India to dramatically change the way they are growing their economies Firstly, the US and EU combined output more CO2 than China and India combined, so we can make a substantial contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dio... Secondly, a mixture of Solar, Wind, Hydro, Tidal and Geothermal can certainly "cut it".