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January 13, 2006
The six governments responsible for nearly half the world's greenhouse gas emissions will rely on industry to shoulder most of the burden of offsetting global warming. But Big Energy isn't too keen on bearing the burden of the ecological consequences of its reliance on fossil fuels.
Sharpe
It's a good joke, isn't it.
You cannot address climate change and global warming at the expense of economic growth is the refrain from Big Energy and its government boosters and supporters. That is unacceptable. So is any cut in the use of fossil fuels or emission reduction targets.
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..isn't this bitter-funny logic a good example of our current alienation from the political institutions?.. or, just of the power the industry has to legitimate itself not as the culprit but as the savior...