Entire country gobbled up at City U

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CityU_Jan2012In a global first, City University students managed to liquidate an entire country and deposit the proceeds into the USA's bank account.  Could this happen in real life?  A question for the World Economic Forum in Davos perhaps.

Students in Dr Michael Edesses's class in the School for Energy and Environment made short work of their available resources in their quest to become the richest country.  Towards the end only India had significant natural resources left, and yet despite this India was unable to close the big deals it needed in order to seriously threaten the USA.  Maybe this was not too surprising after the USA had managed to negotiate the mother of all takovers and gobble up all of Brazil's cash and natural resources.  What payback the leaders of Brazil got for their sell-out, we will never know...
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written by HUI Wing Lun Elvis, February 03, 2012
In my opinion for carbon trading, it just a stock game, rich country become richest.
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written by Paul Wong, February 07, 2012
It is a good simulation game!
I learn some emission trading rules from this unfair game.smilies/cheesy.gif

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