Huh?

The usually coherent Tom Friedman left me utterly confused this morning. After taking us on an "I am SO much more worldly than you" travelogue he ostensibly takes on climate change. But his take seems to be pretty dismal; thanks to China and the Arabs and TNT (Europe's Fedex) the world is doomed and it is all the fault of you damn Americans!

It's a really bizarre sight and the only coherent piece I can find is Friedman's continuing thesis that the world is flattening (which I agree with) and everyone wants to be an American (which I vigorously disagree with).

Rather than outright mocking the small but real shift in American consumption patterns wouldn't it be more productive to either:
-make more than a cryptic reference to the 'energy matrix' and come out and say we need to put more money into the engineering and science of new clean sources

-Note that it will take a cooperative global effort REALLY SOON to do anything, and that we need to recognize "We will give up incandescent bulbs if you stop developing" is not a real starting point.