CHINESE & INDIANS GET IT

They get it. And Tennesseans get it. When will Senators like Alexander and Inhofe and Domenici get it? Or were they the ones Dylan was thinking about when he wrote "...please get out of the new road if you can't lend your hand, 'cause the times they are a-changin'..."

Most Indians, Chinese back carbon cuts – survey
June 7, 2007 (Reuters via Yahoo India News)

WHO
Market research firm Global Market Insite, Chinese and Indian citizens,
you do the math (click to enlarge)

WHAT
Chinese and Indian citizens largely agree developed countries have the right to demand emerging economies control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions even when the developed nations reject capping their own emissions.

WHEN
Poll taken in May, 2007

WHERE
14 countries (Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the United States) polled, published in World Environment Review

WHY
- 18% of respondents (13% U.S. citizens, 23% France, Germany, Italy and Britain): U.S. government policy the biggest threat to world climate. Only 11+% Chinese/Indians: U.S. policy is biggest threat.
- Only 14%: lack of action by developing countries to reduce emissions=biggest threat to the world's climate.

QUOTES
62% of Chinese, 63% of Indians: "…it would be appropriate for developed countries to demand restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries, such as China and India…"