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- TraullyDeddar:
Neither the United States nor the developing countries are signatories to the Kyoto Protocol. The extremely rapid diffusion of technology in many developing nations and their substantially higher rate of population growth compared with the developed countries suggest that they http://superkran.netau.net will have to radically alter their current path. But until developed nations set an example and develop the necessary technology and the policy instruments necessary to effect the change, it is difficult for leaders of developed countries to request that developing countries curtail their growth in the distribution of higher standards of living through appliances, automobiles, and other consumption that is energy intensive. The prudent approach is to reduce anthropogenic carbon emissions as much as possible as quickly as possibly—probably considerably faster than contemplated under the Kyoto Protocol and the most advanced current planning in Europe.
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