sunrat Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The title is a bit misleading, but why let the truth get in the way of a good story another truth. Smog in Beijing Is So Awful You Have to Catch the Sunrise on a Big Screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The price of unfettered capitalism by a communist dictatorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewmur Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The price of unfettered capitalism by a communist dictatorship. Nope. It is the price of rampant overpopulation and a technology that burns dung for fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 So, too much screwing and pooping going on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 More likely too many coal plants. They have burned dung for centuries ... this problem is a more recent one. Some researchers have concluded that air pollution shortens lifespans considerably. One recent study said outdoor air pollution in China contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in 2010. Another study showed that residents in one part of northern China had lived five years less on the average than residents in southern China because of pollutants from extensive coal burning for winter central heating in the north. @NYTimes article from 1/16/2014 and from @CBSNews 9/12/2013: China to ban new coal-fired power plants around Beijing over pollution concerns BEIJING Authorities have scooped up around 100,000 kilograms (220,000 pounds) of dead fish they say were poisoned by ammonia from a chemical plant, environmental officials and state media said Wednesday, in a reminder of the pollution plaguing the country. China announced Thursday that it will ban new coal-fired power plants in three key industrial regions around Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in its latest bid to combat the country's notorious air pollution. The action plan from the State Council, or China's Cabinet, also aims to cut the country's percentage of total primary energy use stemming from coal to below 65 percent by 2017. The U.S. government estimates that China currently gets about 70 percent of its energy from coal. New coal-fired power plants will be banned for new projects in the region surrounding Beijing, in the Yangtze Delta region near Shanghai and in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong province, the State Council said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 lol, no "carbon credits" there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 And the air pollution in China is fouling the air in our western states in the U.S. and Canada. BEIJING — Filthy emissions from China’s export industries are carried across the Pacific Ocean and contribute to air pollution in the Western United States, according to a paper published Monday by a prominent American science journal. http://www.nytimes.c...tudy-finds.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 And the air pollution in China is fouling the air in our western states in the U.S. and Canada. http://www.nytimes.c...tudy-finds.html Yup. Well, you figure all that stuff has to blow somewhere, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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