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Citizenship: the challenge for change
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die (Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade)The United States of America account for less than 5% of world population and for around 30% of energy consumption in the world. Highly polluting fossil fuels still account for over 80% of energy generation worldwide. Even at the present levels of industrial output and energy consumption we are already able to feel the strain on the environment throughout the world. Rapid economic growth in China, India and Brazil, which account for roughly 40% of the world population, as well as in ot… Read More
January 27, 2008
