Comments on: China tries to clean up air with a new ban on cars!

By: proda

proda — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:04:33 +0000

Is pathetic to see the Chinese government start to do something to fight pollution now. That means that after the Olympics, everything will go back to polluting as usual. It\\\’s like they are saying: we don\\\’t care if our people get sick, let\\\’s clean up just for the event.
Another government caring only about growth without considering the environment, they don\\\’t deserve the Olympics.
They ended up in this situation because there are no regulations or restrictions for industries, thats why many left Europe or America, is much cheaper to build there with cheap labor and NO environment laws!

By: WBrooke

WBrooke — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:40:59 +0000

We look shocked when we see the soupy air in China, but a lot of the pollution in China stems from the manufacture of goods that are sold in North America and Europe. Essentially, we have exported our own pollution to another country. If we manufactured in North America all of the goods that we consume, then our air quality would likely suffer just like China’s.

By: seadio

seadio — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:38:07 +0000

to clean the air in China

By: M2JL

M2JL — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:44:32 +0000

China pollution is no jokes. You can literally see it from the sky! (http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/WN/china-smog.jpg)

I remember finding out how bad it was when I was researching energy efficiency problems and solutions for buildings 8 years ago. They mainly use coal for energy. Back then the standards of living were way below the ones in North American and it already it was a problem. I remember thinking that since they were moving towards adopting North American standards of living (bigger houses, more and appliances, more heat, etc.) with a MUCH bigger population, it was going to be really bad. Hopefully they don’t follow our lead and find better ways to accommodate their growing needs.

By: Chas

Chas — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:54:49 +0000

Over the years I’ve heard a lot of outlandish schemes to clean the air. I’m honestly surprised that China isn’t building one of them near the Olympic Stadium to clean the air. Guess they were even more outlandish than I thought because I’m sure if any of them could really work then the Chinese would be jumping on it.