I sometimes wonder if, after the decline of organized religions influence, the same human emotions remain - especially guilt. So, people adopt religious behavior in regard to the environment or carbon trading or whatever. There are reasons for poverty in the world and corruption and bad culture explain most of it. The world is nowhere near so constrained in resources that people must suffer in Africa and North Korea. Bad governance is the cause - and good luck changing it. Why should we condemn consumers for wanting a good home, a safe useful car or the ability to support their families? The idea that we are somehow 'stealing' too much of the world's resources so as to impoverish the rest is nonsense. If we all stop eating meat, it won't add a single calorie to the starving. Nor will we benefit them as to other resources we decide to reduce our useage of. Worse, we might even throw them out of work. If we want to help poor countries, we need to stop cooperating with their corrupt governments and stop exploiting their people with deals made with their traitorous leaders. If that doesn't work, then sadly, Darwin will have to take over their fate.
