 1.bp.blogspot A gentleman with a thick Georgia drawl once told me that he could explain the erosion of communism in China with two words: “AY-ur conditioning." The citizens of the People’s Republic, he said, looked at their compatriots in Hong Kong and decided that their lives would be much improved if they, too, could afford such modern conveniences. . . TAGGED: energy efficiency, Environmentalism, Population growth, global carbon emissions, global energy consumption, BloombergRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| Dressing up failure as victory has been integral to climate-change negotiations since they started 20 years ago. The latest round of talks in Durban, South Africa, in December was no exception. . . more ›› |
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