This is only half true... the demise of Africa started when gold was found in the Americas prompting tribal chiefs to sell their fellows to make up for shortfalls in their economies due to the loss of trade with European nations.Brainpiercing wrote:I'll say another thing, though: In the documentary, there was an African guy quoted that it's the African dream to develop. And I call bullshit on that. There were millions pumped into Africa which immediately landed in the hands of some petty dictator or warlord, and each time one of those was displaced, a new one took his place. For the past 20-40 years at least, possibly longer, Africans have been causing the African demise. The colonization laid the foundations for that, which is why I say the western industrial countries still bear a partial responsibility for what happens.
As to Global Warming, whether we play a role or not, there is no harm in creating technologies that make the human race better stewards of the environment. If we can achieve our goals of mobility and commerce and pollute less, who loses?