如果超高的资源消耗发生在像中国这样的经济和影响力不断上升的人口大国，问题就会很严重。 这方面气候变化政府间委员会（Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change）等机构已经提出了令人担忧的警告。
But China’s economy and influence are growing at a time when, as dire warnings by bodies like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change demonstrate, that is not really an option.