tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22971475.post1961040162511108984..comments2010-10-31T02:18:50.955-04:00Ken (EnvironmentalChemistry.com)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07434682840236999820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22971475.post-74374470020966166702010-10-31T02:18:50.955-04:002010-10-31T02:18:50.955-04:00

Visit Hangzhou (180 km from Shanghai) and try one of the ten thousand free bicycles provided by the municipal government! Just show your passport, you can get orange colored, almost new bick from any major bus station or major park in the city for free (first hour is free, and second hour is 1 yuan and third 2 yuan). you can return it after use to any other return station any where in the city.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22971475.post-6885375963956032802009-12-01T23:27:28.091-05:002009-12-01T23:27:28.091-05:00

It is always fascinating to read about China.<br />From my personal experience it is apparent to me that China is concerned about pollution and has the political will to do its best in addressing it. However, the article appears to romanticize China and perhaps ignore some of its realities.<br />Note that China has in fact surpassed the US in CO2 generation (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7347638.

engineeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06557785161971909287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22971475.post-75008751719057756262007-10-30T08:26:00.000-04:002007-10-30T08:26:00.000-04:00

re Ben's consumerism:<BR/><BR/>We currently live a world of fractional banking and fiat money. Current financial conditions around the world are still basically easy, and with low barriers of access. The net result is that (to paraphrase Churchill, 1940) "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". <BR/> <BR/>The indebtedness and consumerism card played by the bankers of this world is probably

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22971475.post-64174667791539690222007-10-29T16:08:00.000-04:002007-10-29T16:08:00.000-04:00

The greatest enemy of the environment is materialism. Thankfully, China is conducive to the concept of conservation as patriotism, whereas here in the States such is impossible. In China you can find nationalistic teenagers that forswear cars for the national good. Not everyone, but any bit helps. Here, one would be two inches from being labelled as a crackhead for such notions.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647976382042613886noreply@blogger.com