Sunday, May 27, 2007

On a related topic, I disagree with John Stossel on one point: poorer countries will not suffer more than richer countries from efforts to cut carbon emissions. First, they don't emit much carbon, because they're poor. Second, to the extent that they might actually suffer economically, they don't have as far to fall. And third, poorer economies tend to be far simpler, and thus don't suffer from economic upheaval the way that richer economies do with their incredibly intricate interconnectedness.

But, I don't mean to pick nits. Stossel is one of the few good mainstream reporters.

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