Re: [Pen-l] John Judis in the New Republic on Obama's choice for the CEA

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Zale wrote:
> A decline in consumpion would be a good thing for the environment given the amount of resources the US uses...<

it depends. If US consumption falls but that of other countries
(China, India, etc.) rises, we might see a net increase in
environmental pollution, since a lot of "third world" or "emerging
market" countries have low environmental standards. If our interest is
in reducing pollution, we should focus on environmental controls
instead, along with carbon taxes and the like.
-- 
Jim Devine /  "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange
days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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