President Obama's warning about automation.

[JHan]

18. You cannot make those kinds of judgments for other countries..

that's arrogance. There are already efforts made to diminish environmental harm but when foreign countries balk at America lecturing them surely you understand why they see our arrogance as posturing..

I'm as idealistic as you about the environment but I won't ignore economic realities.
Consumption and waste are problems, but they always have been "problems" and we can do a lot better ... I would never argue that the model is "Great". Every market model has winners and losers- and we must mitigate harmful effects on the most vulnerable on the losing side but not by throwing the baby out with the bathwater. And renewables are gaining traction globally - and trade would better facilitate sharing of technologies in this regard.