Climate change is real, but the current push for net-zero by 2050 ignores how developing countries still need cheap energy to lift billions out of poverty. I traveled to Vietnam last year and saw coal plants powering new factories that employ thousands. Can we really demand they skip the fossil fuel stage we used for a century? The math on renewable infrastructure costs and grid stability isn't settled for tropical monsoon climates. So yes, climate change is urgent, but is the one-size-fits-all net-zero timeline fair or even feasible?