Asia, with its burgeoning wealth due to higher education levels and soaring economies driven by increased exports to the US and the EU, is reflexively stoking internal demand for fossil fuels. The issue is generating serious concern because if the region develops similarly to countries in Western Europe or the US with the traditional model of fossil fuel usage, not only will tremendous pollution be generated, but global warming may prove unstoppable.
Asia's Fossil Fuel Addiction
Asia's Fossil Fuel Addiction
Asia's Fossil Fuel Addiction
Asia, with its burgeoning wealth due to higher education levels and soaring economies driven by increased exports to the US and the EU, is reflexively stoking internal demand for fossil fuels. The issue is generating serious concern because if the region develops similarly to countries in Western Europe or the US with the traditional model of fossil fuel usage, not only will tremendous pollution be generated, but global warming may prove unstoppable.