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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] Truthcen says: [b]I am no economist, but I've longed intuited that you can't have the sheer level of material affluence we enjoy without hogging a larger proportion of resources for ourselves, away from the people who become the have-nots of the world. Our planet has only so many resources to share after all. It may make us uncomfortable, but we in the industrialized nations may have to cut back on our obscene rate of consumption in order for the so-called developing nations to prosper. [/b] True in part but Keep in mind that: a) the consumption of "the West" is a great driver of growth for the Tworld. Western hunger for 0il, rubber, copper, and even things like coffee, sugar and cotton generates income for the TW and increases its prosperity b) The industrialized nations consume more it is true, but they also produce more, and produce more efficiently, and in greater quantities. So for example most chrome is gobbled up by the industrialized nations, but who is making the most efficient and best use as far as goods produced using chrome? c) The West is in the forefront of discovering NEW resources either by direct extraction or conversion of once "useless" substances to new resurces - oil is a classic example- or adaptation of an existing resource to new uses. Hence synthetics have in some cases caused a reduction in the use of natural resources- rubber being an example, or synthetics from oil or coal reducing the oil needed from whales, thus reducing the need to hunt and kill whales for oil in the West. Synthetics can also replace natural fibers in some cases, reducing the need for Third WOrld goods on this front. d) It used to be that the West" was the main one vacuuming up resources but now one of the main gobblers is China, and China has a lot less concwrn for detailed labor standards, enviromental protections, etc. None of the above of course means that their isn't a dark side to the resource consumption, including depletion of resources, or environmental degredation. The industrialized nations indeed need to start doing things more efficiently, and yes cutting back in various ways. Oil consumption can be reduced for example with certain measures. As always there will be tradeoffs. Less TW resources may be needed as the West substitutes synthetics and economies for natural products, leading to a possible slowing of TW growth and prosperity unless they too find some adjustment. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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