I know it wasn't his goal but the message from the book could be seen as the folly of the US and Europe cutting carbon output if China and India are just going to ramp theirs up. We weaken ourselves right at the start of the crisis for no real gain. High ideals doesn't move an economy and you can't eat it.
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi – a post-apocalyptic future, 21st-century style.
- 12/08/2011 12:53:36 PM
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this is already on my wishlist, been meaning to get it for a while now
- 12/08/2011 02:32:08 PM
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not sure I bought all the dooms day stuff but it was a great book
- 12/08/2011 05:50:50 PM
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To be fair, we don't know how strictly other countries ration their CO2.
- 12/08/2011 08:26:33 PM
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yes but what would be the point of just one country restricting CO2?
- 13/08/2011 03:41:09 AM
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One country can't do anything about how the other countries behave.
- 13/08/2011 11:33:39 AM
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and how well did that work out for them?
- 13/08/2011 10:06:51 PM
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Well, we don't get that much world history, but we do know there was mass starvation in India.
- 14/08/2011 11:33:04 AM
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Of course I have read the book or why else would I keep saying I liked it
- 14/08/2011 07:19:38 PM
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