Sentences with phrase «economic meltdown before»

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Analysts with both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) were scratching their heads over these issues well before the 2008 credit meltdown.

Per capita commercial energy use has been growing so rapidly in both countries (or at least it was through 2007 on the eve of the economic meltdown) that if the trends continue unabated the typical Chinese will outconsume the typical American before 2040, with Indians surpassing Americans by 2080.

We knew saving energy = saving money = saving the planet before the latest economic meltdown, but are just now starting to act thanks to an inherent panic mode.