World is Ready to Make Sacrifices  It's true, according to a
recent BBC poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries, the world is
ready to make some sacrifices to save the planet. And some are
more willing than others: 60-68% of people interviewed in Spain,
Mexico, Italy, China and Canada agreed that lifestyle changes
were necessary whilst Nigeria, U.S., Kenya and India did not
think that they had to do anything to their life style. When it
comes to energy costs, Europe and the U.S. agreed that it would
be necessary to increase the price of oil and coal in order to
discourage usage. Russians and Italians did not concur.
Respondents were split on agreement to raise taxes on energy
sources. Most Chinese favour raising them (84%) followed by the
Australians, Chileans, British and Canadians (all in the 60%
range). However, if the monies raised by taxation were used
towards the development of alternate fuel sources and other
taxes were lowered, then almost every country is in agreement.
Given the size of the sampling t