[india]

The article notes that the total CO2 emission from India and China is rising and crossing the US. This is true but the per capita emission is still a fraction of that of US[1]. It will be impossible for China and India to compete if they aren't allowed the same per capita emission as the developed world. Per capita the US CO2 emission is huge.

[1] http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?q=co2+emissions+per+capita&...

[mc32]

I don't think his main point was to compare per capita emissions but to illustrate the futility in deploying comparatively costly alternative energies when the great majority of new energy production is "dirty".

[ghouse]

Though, his op/ed was devoid of any data regarding cost.