The dark side of growth in China
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Stop and just spare a few seconds thought, before you go out and buy the latest must have gadget or cheap goods.
Do you really need it?
http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictur...
Do you really need it?
http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictur...
humpbackmaniac said:
Bloody Hell thats horrible.
Makes you think about Act on C02, if we all drive 5 miles less, turn off our tellys and hold our breath we might just change the world. (Or make no difference whatsoever and be bloody miserable)
I was just thinking exactly that.Makes you think about Act on C02, if we all drive 5 miles less, turn off our tellys and hold our breath we might just change the world. (Or make no difference whatsoever and be bloody miserable)
The financial arse-raping we receive here for a bit of CO2 coming out of our exhausts seems completely pointless when all that stuff's being pumped into the air and oceans on the other side of the world. I resent being f
ked over whilst the bulk of pollution goes unchecked and is produced by industries rather than individuals.humpbackmaniac said:
Bloody Hell thats horrible.
Makes you think about Act on C02, if we all drive 5 miles less, turn off our tellys and hold our breath we might just change the world. (Or make no difference whatsoever and be bloody miserable)
Exactly. Well said. Makes you think about Act on C02, if we all drive 5 miles less, turn off our tellys and hold our breath we might just change the world. (Or make no difference whatsoever and be bloody miserable)
Also shows how you can produce a digital watch for 20p. Or working flat out for poundland.
How can any normal industrialised world compete with them on price. I am dreading it when they get a car production up and running.
I am not just singling out China I know there are also many other countries in the world India, Africa to name just a couple where industry blatantly disregards the damage they are causing to it surroundings and the people who live there.
Kind of puts things into perspective, when we have the audacity to complain about not having had the 2-3 inch’s of snow cleared from our pathways.
Kind of puts things into perspective, when we have the audacity to complain about not having had the 2-3 inch’s of snow cleared from our pathways.
Edited by zooooom on Friday 15th January 11:43
Certainly makes me more determined not to swallow the insane agenda promoted by the west's leaders to tax us to death over CO2.
Supporting China's growth when they clearly do little to care for their population isn't a comfortable thing with me. We mustn't forget though that the west has exploited developing countries low standards in the past - Bopal comes to mind particularly.
Supporting China's growth when they clearly do little to care for their population isn't a comfortable thing with me. We mustn't forget though that the west has exploited developing countries low standards in the past - Bopal comes to mind particularly.
It's a developing country.
Britain, the US, Germany, and many others did exactly the same when they were 'developing', although this was some years ago now.
We've now 'grown up', are are much more responsible (even though the government tells us we're not).
I've seen a fair lick of China, including the industrial places, and I can say that the pictures here are not typical of the whole country at all.
It's shocking it happens anywhere, of course, but it's good to see there are even people in China willing to try and do something about this.
The vast majority of Chinese factories (and I've seen a few) are clean, efficient and well run (if a little 'basic' by western standards), especially the ones dealing with the west.
I would expect a huge amount of this pollution is created by domestic factories and power stations, rather than factories producing goods for the west, so don't feel quite so bad about it.
Britain, the US, Germany, and many others did exactly the same when they were 'developing', although this was some years ago now.
We've now 'grown up', are are much more responsible (even though the government tells us we're not).
I've seen a fair lick of China, including the industrial places, and I can say that the pictures here are not typical of the whole country at all.
It's shocking it happens anywhere, of course, but it's good to see there are even people in China willing to try and do something about this.
The vast majority of Chinese factories (and I've seen a few) are clean, efficient and well run (if a little 'basic' by western standards), especially the ones dealing with the west.
I would expect a huge amount of this pollution is created by domestic factories and power stations, rather than factories producing goods for the west, so don't feel quite so bad about it.
Edited by maser_spyder on Friday 15th January 12:15
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