lo_pak

回復 30# somewhereintime

You are picky... Don't try to compare the fresh air in Vancovuer with other places...

somewhereintime

回復 31# lo_pak

Hey, I'm a grumpy old man, don't you know that?

peter236

The biggest polluters in GZ and the nearby areas are the factories. Locally (in GZ), the constant co ...
Lik 發表於 2010-9-29 11:05

You think only western countries are allowed to build and China should not build modern buildings to improve their living standards?
Lik, when are you going to stop going to autocross which wastes gasoline and pollutes the air? Maybe you should stop driving your polluting car to work.

peter236

If you look at the map there seems to be a pattern. From the Sahara desert in Africa, to the Middle East, Central Asia and China's western Xinjiang region. Some of the pollutants is due to the sand from the deserts.

peter236

Air pollution is one big problem associated with modernized cities. Motor vehicles, power plants, ai ...
lo_pak 發表於 2010-9-29 10:58

That is why China is investing big in hydro power, solar power and wind power.
China is investing big in highspeed railways and subways which are reducing the reliance on polluting cars.

lo_pak

回復 36# peter236

At the meanwhile I would rather they use more "nuclear" because of the scale...
Those hydro, wind, solar cannot "satisfy" the consumption gap in a short run...

peter236

回復  peter236

At the meanwhile I would rather they use more "nuclear" because of the scale...
Tho ...
lo_pak 發表於 2010-9-29 21:46

yeah, they do invest a lot in nuclear power.

lo_pak

回復 34# peter236

What are the causes to dessertification?

1) Climate change - can't fix;
2) Water resources misuse - mostly due to human activities, people are "squeezing" the natural resource out from the environment without repaying...