"Dyson: Yes. And I feel very strongly that China and India getting rich is the most important thing that’s going on in the world at present. That’s a real revolution, that the center of gravity of the whole population of the world would be middle class, and that’s a wonderful thing to happen. It would be a shame if we persuade them to stop that just for the sake of a problem that’s not that serious.

And I’m happy every time I see that the Chinese and Indians make a strong statement about going ahead with burning coal. Because that’s what it really depends on, is coal. They can’t do without coal. We could, but they certainly can’t."
http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2151

Well, the US can't do without coal, unless we build a lot more nuclear reactors.
And I don't see why the Chinese and Indians can't build more nuclear reactors- other than the possibility there could be a shortage of people with the training in the area.

One consequent of the US starting to build more nuclear reactor is more focus is spent on getting people
to study in this field and that should result in more Chinese and Indian students being trained in the US being capable of building and operating nuclear reactors.