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China is actually quite environment savvy. They understand that environmentally friendly tech is an economic growth machine. The US less so. I do t worry about
by heckerhut 9y ago
China is actually quite environment savvy. They understand that environmentally friendly tech is an economic growth machine. The US less so. I do t worry about China as much as I worry about US.
- tasubotadas 9y agoI agree that they started caring about it more now (cancelled plans for future coal plants, big plans for electric cars). But overall, my impression is that disregard for the environment is rampant: - 60% of the country's rivers suffer from pollution to such an extent that they cannot be safely used as drinking water sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources_of_China - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/24/river-rubbish-ugly-secret-china-beautiful-guilin https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/24/river-rubbish... - http://www.businessinsider.de/china-factories-shut-down-to-curb-pollution-2017-10?r=US&IR=T http://www.businessinsider.de/china-factories-shut-down-to-c... As is it stands now, it is a pretty disgusting place to live in and these habits need a lot of time to be fixed (just because government announced they care environment, it doesn't mean that people/businesses will suddenly start caring as well). However, as you say - they are at least on the right direction for the change.