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Also, fwiw, the west is the one that can't stop it's out-of-control careening toward climate catastrophe. China's handling it much better.

• YjSe2GMQ 8y ago
  I'm sorry but China shows no sign of reducing emissions: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/blogs/dotglobcarbchina/dotglobcarbchina-blog480.jpg https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/blogs/dotglobcarb... Also, have you been to Beijing? The smog is so dense that sometimes you don't see 50m ahead ... The only thing they're doing is trying to build cheaper electric vehicles.
  • phyrex 8y ago
    I’m in Beijing right now and it’s nowhere as bad as you describe (which is how it was ten years ago). Electric cars and scooters are everywhere. China really seems to be trying to get their environmental shit together, it’s just a big project that takes time
    • pertymcpert 8y ago
      I was there yesterday for a few hours and the air looked terrible. didn’t check the actual numbers, but wow was the air ugly.
      • YjSe2GMQ 8y ago
        It depends heavily on the weather, and on the season. No wind -> worse smog, more coal heating (in the winter) -> also worse smog. It does seem to be improving though: http://img.caixin.com/2018-11-16/1542361119634258.jpg http://img.caixin.com/2018-11-16/1542361119634258.jpg
• okmokmz 8y ago
  That's completely false