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JOHN TIERNEY: Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save The Planet: ?The richer everyone gets, the greener th?

By Glenn Reynolds

JOHN TIERNEY: Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save The Planet: “The richer everyone gets, the greener the planet will be in the long run. . . . As their wealth grows, people consume more energy, but they move to more efficient and cleaner sources ? from wood to coal and oil, and then to natural gas and nuclear power, progressively emitting less carbon per unit of energy. This global decarbonization trend has been proceeding at a remarkably steady rate since 1850, according to Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University and Paul Waggoner of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).