I.

1) India is in an energy bind�and the rest

of the world might just be bound up with it. More than 300 million Indians today
don�t have ac
cess to electricit
y, and expanding energy access is critical to improving the quality of life across
the country.
But rising living standards have corresponded with spikes in carbon emissions in
every other industrial
ized nation in the world�and India is already the world�s third largest emitter of
greenhouse gases. If India w
alks this well-trodden path, the long-run consequences could be catastrophic for
the global environment.

I.1) India is in an energy bind�and the rest

of the world might just be bound up with it. More than 300 million Indians today
don�t have ac
cess to electricit
y, and expanding energy access is critical to improving the quality of life across
the country.
But rising living standards have corresponded with spikes in carbon emissions in
every other industrial
ized nation in the world�and India is already the world�s third largest emitter of
greenhouse gases. If India w
alks this well-trodden path, the long-run consequences could be catastrophic for
the global environment.

I.1) India is in an energy bind�and the rest

of the world might just be bound up with it. More than 300 million Indians today
don�t have ac
cess to electricit
y, and expanding energy access is critical to improving the quality of life across
the country.
But rising living standards have corresponded with spikes in carbon emissions in
every other industrial
ized nation in the world�and India is already the world�s third largest emitter of
greenhouse gases. If India w
alks this well-trodden path, the long-run consequences could be catastrophic for
the global environment.

I.1) India is in an energy bind�and the rest

of the world might just be bound up with it. More than 300 million Indians today
don�t have ac
cess to electricit
y, and expanding energy access is critical to improving the quality of life across
the country.
But rising living standards have corresponded with spikes in carbon emissions in
every other industrial
ized nation in the world�and India is already the world�s third largest emitter of
greenhouse gases. If India w
alks this well-trodden path, the long-run consequences could be catastrophic for
the global environment.

I.1) India is in an energy bind�and the rest

of the world might just be bound up with it. More than 300 million Indians today
don�t have ac
cess to electricit
y, and expanding energy access is critical to improving the quality of life across
the country.
But rising living standards have corresponded with spikes in carbon emissions in
every other industrial
ized nation in the world�and India is already the world�s third largest emitter of
greenhouse gases. If India w
alks this well-trodden path, the long-run consequences could be catastrophic for
the global environment.