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Should we just tell Pakistan to suck it and not develop? Should we just shut down all economic activity that isn't related to sequestering co2?

It seems obvious that there's a tension between economic activity (aka living in a somewhat developed country) and resource usage.



Is not, at all, what I wrote: of course Pakistan is in much need and well deserving of development, and again, I did not write it should not develop. It also has not put any significant portion of the CO2 that's now stuck in our aor, so the major hurdle to its development put up by climate change are doubly unfair. In terms of fairness the US and Europe should have stopped producing any more CO2 last century, China and India should be stopping about now...


No, it’s more along the lines of “build a high-speed rail line from Karachi to Islamabad” instead of encouraging further air travel. The corridor is around 1500 km long, so a line with an average operating speed of 320 kph would enable sub-5 hour journey times, and allow for a reduction or elimination of air services between the two cities (currently 105 per week).




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