Among my very favorite energy writers is David Dubyne. “Embedded” in China, Dubyne’s ground-level observations are always well worth the read. Dubyne’s take on “making face” or “mianzi” is of particular interest. A snippet, then you can click to the meat:

I present to you a vision of the future: China has already leapfrogged to where we in the West will be within a decade, using coal to power our economies and cities as conventional worldwide oil production continues to decline. The pollution is the sight and smell of economic growth.

There are only 270 days left until the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics. by Between now and the time the torch is lit and the Green games start, 38 new pulverized-coal fired power plants will open.

Statement after statement about how this Olympiad will be environmentally friendly and the amazing lengths China is going to with regard to alternative energy power generation in Beijing is plastered around the news media daily. That is the truth – well, half of it. Media releases seem to conveniently leave out the other half of the information: While there is tremendous focus on this single city in Green development, the remainder of the country is left behind in a haze of…REST OF ARTICLE

china, oil, pollution

Tags: environment

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