[swarnie_]

i think we'll see this more and more as China shifts its manufacturing over to Africa (currently huge investments going on).

It doesn't really solve the problem, you just get to point at someone else who's now holding the ball instead of you when it all goes up in flames.

[pm90]

Uh..... no.

If China/India adopt and perfect green tech and export it to Africa, fucking awesome.

America is sadly too busy with infighting on stupid issues (Abortion, Gun restrictions , Voting rights... all important, stupid in that there still isn’t general consensus that these are all good ideas that should be adopted widely ASAP) while the rest of the world moves on.

[swarnie_]

Any post critical of USA is universally panned on this site, careful now.

The point of my post is their not pushing green tech to Africa, they're pushing all the dirty industries they no longer want/need to tolerate on-shore.

[pm90]

And so the cycle of the industrial revolution goes, wrecking every country in its wake ....

I agree that seems likely, but the cost effectiveness of solar tech, mass transit etc. make me hopeful that Africa will take a different path to economic development.

[whatshisface]

It's almost too bad, because instead of decimating one area and driving 50% extinction in one ecosystem, the global economy is doing a grand tour that will curbstomp every ecosystem in turn.