red to green ..
statistics are often best added as a footnote in an essay, but certain figures cannot be ignored.
china faces catastrophic ecological problems. pollution in major chinese cities brings into serious question not just the industrialist model of economic-growth-at-any-cost but the whole future of china.
the major problem is said to be continued reliance on coal-fired electricity generation (75% of supply). increasing use of motor vehicles is a factor…. smoke-stack industry… humans cant breathe smog and live long. 2006 it became the largest greenhouse gas emitter.* .. following conventional paths to development will destroy china.
it cannot go on …
for china to develop, it has to transform. the transformation will have to be green. there is no other way. it can be green and red.. like a ba gua… hehehe
it means a green revolution that redefines the path of development.
the most fortunate aspects are that a) the central government has the power to do it, b) its not the first time, and c) it is still possible.
just recall the change in policy of deng xio ping who said it doesn’t matter what color a cat is.. so long as it catches mice…. ??? it was a great and necessary decision… at the time.....
well.. the time is come to ask if the leadership will recognise the need for a new heading or will it ---like general motors ---stubbornly refuse to see the writing on the wall… till it goes down the tube???
it has no choice.
radical green central planning has to be correct and implemented.. there is no doubt.
more good news is that energy-efficient and radically green industries will come to dominate the global market. and the race is on.
they say its started in places like huang bai yu. tang ye. ( i dont know if it is serious or not.)
neither in real communist ideology nor in the traditional chinese value system does consumer economics rank higher than learning or relationships or even skill at martial arts.. the experiment with industrialization has paid many benefits but pursuing it will lead to self destruction and could take the planet down as well..
If you wanna try and tell me i am exaggerating, go have a look at the statistics.
there may have been a time when political power came out of the barrel of a gun, but now it is coming out of a smokestack. its poisonous. face it..
* http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/business/worldbusiness/
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