Some interesting responses to the question: What if all Chinese people want a car?
http://www.droppingknowledge.org/cms/?jsessionid=6D9DF8BBCDEF7CADB1C7BD902572FC70

I like this one from Eliot Weinberger: "China has to be in the forefront of thinking about alternate forms of energy. Otherwise, the sheer numbers are going to lead to serious conflicts, energy wars that may be economic wars and that could conceivably also be military wars."