Comments on: China Launches $16 Billion Rectification Of Beijing’s Pollution Crisis

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:10:00 +0000

I’d guess because getting enough energy to support its rapidly growing manufacturing sector was the highest priority.

If you look back at the US we put up with a lot of pollution in our cities until we reached a level of wealth that let us be less concerned about “out daily bread” and pay more attention to the quality of our lives.

By: agelbert

agelbert — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:36:00 +0000

The Cinese have the most In-Your-Face experience with the deleterious effects of a fossil fuel industrial economy on the planet. Consequently they have been forced to deal with sooner. I wish them well.

By: beernotwar

beernotwar — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:11:00 +0000

Environmental regulations? Rising wages? A burgeoning middle class clamoring for a better quality of life? Where will multinationals look now for cheap labor with no bothersome limits on business practices?
You listening, Kim Jong Un?

By: Wilmot McCutchen

Wilmot McCutchen — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:09:00 +0000

Why did it take so long, even in a strongly controlled economy like China, to get serious about obvious pollution? That answer might reveal a lot regarding pollution in the US and its grade D infrastructure.