Small Tornado in London

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Robert wrote:

But we better not go pointing fingers to other parts of the world before we get our our act together. it's useless to deny other economies the wish to emulate our (bad) lifestyles, and even worse to sit on our backs whilst we should lead by example.

200% right! And, I don't want to be misinterpreted (as I tried to do in my previous messages): I don't point fingers at all, I just admit to speak as egoist, thinking often more to my daughter's future than other, I admit.
So maybe I could be the less right guy to show the way by example, as I drive cars, fly planes, use plastics, use a lot of energy, make consumption like the main part of people overhere. Even if in my small way through my working as building/gas-pipelines contractor and architect/designer I tried to do something to stop our generalized madness, just drops in the ocean.

Although I always believe firmly that the good example be the strongest weapon. Even if the asian vision of the life is rather different about many things we consider obvious and they do not and vice-versa, that could reduce the effects of our attempts of giving good examples.

Now we have to face two options:

India and China already know well enough the devastating effects of the 'new climate' in terms of freak weather, and what it can cost their economies. They will understand, sooner than we did, that 'business as usual is not the way forward. And even if they may not yet act on it, it's just a matter of time before they will.

1) They are so intelligent to quickly understand that the future of their business and their complete success passes through sustainableness

2) They don't understand that and blackmail us by environment matter to pretend a high bill in return for their care of reducing pollution

In the first case the planet could be save for a while, but they will become so powerful that...
In the second case we are f****d

I hope. If not, we in Europe (or the Old World as were now called) should prepare to earn our income from our internal market and tourism.

Absolutely true again, and we will become the cultural vacations place for them, like they were (and are yet) for us. So that's the destiny of my Italia, for example? No more industries, agriculture, research? Just restaurants, hotels, museums? And waiters? It could be sad...

ALL THE MORE REASON TO CHERISH OUR ROMAN PAST!!!!!

500% agreed, but just for tourism? What a waste! Could'nt we try to consider all this thing more strategically? ( I don't tell of "weapons war", I tell of cleverness war...)

Vale,