Comment Correlation (Score 1) 283
"A key stumbling block in the effort to combat global warming has been the intimate link between greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth."
Time to cue up the warning about correlation not being causation.
Most particularly, in this case: when the economy gets better, people buy more stuff. There's a correlation between how many teddy bears people buy for their children and their income. That doesn't mean that increasing the production of teddy bears will increase average income. When the economy grows, people buy more.