Sunday, September 20, 2009

The whole world is melting. Quite literally. That’s what the elite are hysteric about. Picture yourself the apocalyptic movies that regularly are released in Hollywood (where of course it’s always NY that’s submerged in a huge deluge of tsunamic waves). They are of course talking about Global Warming.

Well at the risk of sounding outright stupid and myopic I don’t think India and China ought to give a hoot about it. If not this there is some other impending disaster. And I think the argument that the developing giants India and China put forward is quite valid. You contributed to the pollution. You better clean up. When we reach developed status we will think about it. Meanwhile enact laws that show us how to do it.

It is laughable that the US, a major polluter (in every sense of the word) is always engaged in talks to save the world, and is yet too smart to commit to anything concrete before the G20 summit in Copenhagen this coming December.

This though is a very myopic and impassioned view to take. However the way I see it, there is a lot that these countries have to contend with. The least important being global warming. It’s a question of providing for the needy now, or for our grandchildren. Well the answer quite simply is to take care of our own needy right now and then join the developed countries in saving the green earth after 50 years.