And your own comments on developing nations betray what you're trying to gin up now. You keep trying to lock us into this paradigm where technology doesn't evolve so you can make an argument about neo imperialism towards developing nations masquerading as benevolent environmentalism. (LOL, I've never said technology doesn't evolve, I've clearly said Fossil Fuels will drive the evolution to the point that technology developed by the power of Fossil Fuels (and Nuclear) will supplant Fossil Fuels.) That construction totallys falls apart when you a) realize the science behind why the push towards clean energy is being made, b)that you can develop without fossil fuels (and actually will be in a better position for long term growth than the West because they don't have an oligarchy of fossil fuel money and infrastructure holding back the progress of their nations.) and c) you are locked into what scalable growth means now (or for you and KSU more like 15 to 20 years ago) clean energy rather than what development are on the very near horizon (think storage here if MIT is right). (The simple fact are renewable energy is not prevalent enough to drive the production of renewable energy manufacturing at this time. To bring renewable energy online on a scale that's needed will require copious amounts of fossil fuels) The weirdness in your posting is that on one hand you admit China could be a problem but with the other you are saying this fear of human caused warming is overblown. (What I'm saying is that bringing one or two countries in lockstep of carbon emission standards of the rest of the developed nations will reduce CO2 levels, nothing more, nothing less) You are trying to play both sides but instead you look like a model Republican with an other emphasized fear of China and a failure to see the power the US has to fix the issue or at the very least lead from the front (double irony since Obama, the Prez your side says can't lead, is making great strides and you can't give him credit). (Saying that bringing China's CO2 emissions trendline in sync with the G7 powers is really a fear of China? You truly are a whack-a-doodle! Great strides is not done through deceit and avoidance of the people's representatives. It's not done by vowing to destroy certain industries and putting people out of work, while catering to a specific corporate kleptocracy)