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Originally Posted by spence
Remember, that new office park in Shanghai is probably being built with gear from Caterpillar.
-spence
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Spence, in these developing nations you speak of...office parks are going up, houses are being built, roads are being built, cars are being purchased. All of that requires energy, all of that increases the environmental footprint that mankind leaves on the planet.
Do you think that development is a good thing, or a bad thing?
You seem to be saying that development is good, even though it results in a huge increase in energy consumption. If that's OK with you, then why shouldn't we tap into the massive natural gas resources that we know we are sitting on? That would put Americans to work, right?
If energy exploitation is good in other countries (to support their development), why don't liberals support that same concept
here?