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But China cannot be complacent, ... In the last year its GDP grew nine percent, but energy use increased 15 percent and oil consumption grew almost 20 percent.
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China's dream of modernization can be based on a new approach to energy,
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the dangerous myth that nuclear energy is a clean alternative.
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The science shows we need to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050. This is a global challenge, ... China has to take it seriously, but so do Australia and the USA, both of which are still acting unacceptably and promoting needless greenhouse pollution.
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Oil and gas are limited resources, ... Wasteful use of these fuels and the burning of coal are the main causes of global warming.
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No matter how strong and how valid the assurances that China or any other country gives us, once we export uranium it's outside of our control, so we're making the world a dirtier and more dangerous place by exporting uranium.
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The slogan used to be 'Populate or perish'. We can now see that it is more like 'Populate and perish'. A sustainable future has to be based on stabilisation of both population and consumption.
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Data isn't information; information isn't knowledge; knowledge isn't wisdom.
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Remember that the future is not somewhere we are going, it is something we are creating. Everyday we do things that make some futures more probable and others less likely.
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