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...Shepsle said that he is thinking about incorporating problem sets next year...
Clearly, something needs to be done. As Americans, we have been, until recently, the largest contributors to the problem; 0.1 Zetajoules of energy are consumed annually in the United States—a nation of about 300 million—compared to the 0.45 Zetajoules of energy consumed globally—a population now over 6.5 billion—in 2005. Fortunately, efforts are being made to raise U.S. awareness of global warming and to reduce American consumption and demand for energy. Campaigns of varying scale, from student-led initiatives on campuses around the country to national documentaries, are being...
...exponential developmental growth of Asia in recent years. Once we step outside of the bubble that we have built around ourselves, that truth becomes very apparent. With over 1.1 billion people in India and over 1.3 billion people in China, it is clear that a solution to the problem, if one does indeed exist, does not lie in our hands alone...
Obama has a problem too: picking a fight with Bush over the Palestinian question will draw attention to a weak point in his campaign. A Hamas leader recently endorsed Obama, saying the group would like it if he won the U.S. election. An occasional adviser to the campaign, Robert Malley, formerly a Clinton Administration expert and now an analyst for the International Crisis Group, was forced out of the campaign after his meetings with Hamas came to light. And Obama has distanced himself from former Carter adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski because he is perceived as anti-Israel...
...tens of millions of Chinese and Indians who are joining the middle class every year have no impact on demand for food is silly. Many Americans overeat, but a growing number of Indians do as well (even if the national calorie intake is still relatively small). That's a problem for both countries' general well-being and health, but it's not the main issue in rising food prices...