Will India and China be the last nail in the planet's coffin?

People really have trouble reading, don't they. The US and Australia are both big offenders, and I certainly don't see that most Americans are going to change any time soon. So, given our (Americans) continued contributions, I'd have to say that the entrance of China and India into the I-want-what-everybody-else-has race, they're going to be a huge influence taking us further in the wrong direction. They have huge populations that are continuing to grow rapidly, and they are building on outdated technologies that are primary carbon producers, like China's projected coal-burning power plants.

The sad fact is it is India and China; yes the USA are the chief creators of the pollution and contribute most to the greenhouse gases but it is the industrialisation in India and China which is now tipping the balance. However, I do believe that these nations have the right to industrialise like western nations although it seems that a big part of it is those nations whshing to have what other more developed nations have - excatly what is being revealed as part of the reason for climate change, etc. For example - mobile phones, cars, flat screen televisions, convenience foods, and so it goes on. All the things we are saying are bad for the environment or bad for our health are things people acquiring greater spending power in the developing nations are demanding. I would like to see a decline in the buying of flimsy, ephemeral and quickly obsolete and updated items for a start. We throw away too much and buy too much. That should make a petty decent impact to start

Well, the point is that even today with the current population of India and China, the biggest consumer of energy resources in the world and the biggest polluter of our planet is still the USA. And guess what, the USA population hasn't been diminishing neither. So, this way, I guess, the USA is still the number one canditure for putting the last (and the biggest) nail into our planet's coffin.

It will be wise to propagate to the growing nations the use of natural power sources which include: the sun for solar power, the windmills for energy and water supplies, and water for energy, too. We have vast natural resources to harness. It has been inculcated in my mind though, that the propagation of their uses has not been maximized because the oil producing and more powerful countries in this world are not keen in their full utilization. Let us bear in mind, that these growing countries, as well as, all countries belonging to the third world, are all under the dictates of these powers to reckon with.

I don't think so. The problem of overpopulation is global and i do not think pointing fingers at two countries is unfair. Everyone should take responsiblity and educate everyone with regards to the harm that overpopulation, global warming and poverty. I agree that we should minimize energy use but it's not only India and China, but everyone should participate in this advocacy. Have you known that United States uses more energy than China? It's because they have more appliances, more vehicles and more factories than China.

India and China both are developing countries,they have the right of development and they did not give out much CO2 in total before now.

Its not the root cause dear....that 3 billion people are not making so much destruction of resources as the remaining creed of whites doing on the fair name of their superiority... Most of the pollutants are from the developed nations not from the developing ones...... Solely asian brigade can't be blamed....... Destructions done on the fair name of the brionging peace in various countries by American Macho image clearly shows that its leading to more disasterous n early results............. Only Suggestion is ::::: LIVE N LET OTHERS LIVE.

I don' t think that we can point the finger at India and China. After all - they only want what the west has had for years. If we, in the west, did not live in such disgusting excess of our needs, then we wouldnt' be setting the pace for the rest of the world to follow. I welcome the day when we have no choice but to cut back our energy use.

it is very sad to see people starting off discussions about such topics without getting their facts right! this is probably the third or fourth discussion that i am responding today that is absolutely baseless and no research about the topic has been done before posting. Firstly, for your infomation, the last nail in the planet's coffin is and has been USA since the very beginning. the USA along with other countries signed the Kyoto protocol, which states that all countries will reduce their greenhouse gases emissions by 6%, but after signing it and agreeing to it, USA pulled out of the agreement and its emissions increased to more than 15% above 1990 levels. As far as India and China are concerned, they have an emission level much much lower than USA! despite the economic growth in china, their emissions have been cut by 17% since the 1990s the USA has just 4.6% of the world population and it contributes about 24% in CO2 emissions... Europe has about 6.3% of the world population and contributes 14% in emissions China has 21% of world population and contributes just 13% of emissions! i have got these facts from http://www.vexen.co.uk/USA/pollution.html

well, your concerns are appreciated.. but no point in blamming someone.. China has got a law where u cant have more then 1 child.. similarly India has got a law.. not to have more than 2 child, and also now India has got a standard called Bharat III, all vehicles has to pass that test before getting into market, and also more and more vehicles are becoming CNG, India uses lot of bio-gas as well resulting lesser pollution.

Though the population has increased, still not many of them have access to oil equivalents considerably. But they do use some easily available sources like woods. So, the impact is not larger. It is advisable to use natural sources but solar energy receptors etc are not so cheap that a growing country may afford them in a large scale. Better if developed country use these as their prime source of energy. Population brings the problem of land to live on. You have to displace people to get water-energy. It's not so easy for these congested countries....

I think your thought is not true.. The worlds largest polluter is the USA. Being a developed country and having so many new technologies, they dont know to stop the pollution.. Moreover, the US are the highest consumers of petrol/diesel products.. They are a growing threat towards global warming.. India or China being the largest populated country doesnt mean that they are using the resources.. Countries like UK invaded countries like India and looted their resources.. Even now, countries like UK and all are rich because of the resources from countries like India.. Today the world is developing because of the manpower from the developing countries like India and China.... US and UK, the world's most developed countries, needs the manpower from India or China for their technological advances..

frist of all i think this discussion is against mylot guidelines.you should not point anyone like that and specially when you know that maximum number of users are from india here. and about population of these two countries,is the manpower of them if u think positively. to improve the community first you have to improve yourself..as everyone knows still america and australia are the top polluting countires.

it is usa not india & china

It is not just India and China. We all have to do our part to help with the environment. Placing the blame on just two countries will not solve anything in the long run.

I do not agree at all what is said. India ans China are developing countries with vast population. They have to look for them or they will be doomed. Given the fact that these two contries contributes for half of the world's population what do you think is better? U.S. with just a small fraction of poupulation emitting most of the population or china and indai with most of the population emitting less polution than U.S. Its not at all fair pointing at these two countries. They should induct new technologies to reduce emission but what are developed countries doing. Each and every country has right to prosper.

It is your opinion, I respect that. But I think we should stop putting other people to blame... We are all responsible on what is happening or whatever will happen. So instead of acting like "who's who..." I think it is better to start conserving energy in our own way... Have a nice day!

We all love our planet,so,energy problem is everyone,every country's problem.We're developing,energy consumption is inevitable.India and China do very big effort inthe respect of saving an energy.Make the erath harmonious is our common responsibility