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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| The Filth of China |
| 2009-10-24 |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #17 The local newspaper reported today that our local energy company and a Chinese one will be working together on several solar power projects. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-24 23:30 |
| #16 Wait a minute! I have just recently seen articles about how China is coming up with all kinds of enviromentally friendly technology and policies! (sarcasm off....) Rifle308 |
| Posted by: Rifle308 2009-10-24 16:54 |
| #15 I move that the eco-weenies concernd pay for the cleanup out of their own pockets for a change, if they wo'nt sacrifice why should I? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-24 16:10 |
| #14 Good point, Alan. If the cost of a good or service is the labor cost, as Marxism classically proclaims, then both preventing pollution in the first place and cleaning up the environment afterwards is something that the communists never can do -- the labor required is a negative cost for them. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-10-24 15:46 |
| #13 Looks a lot like the photos I saw of Leipzig and Dresden from the 70's and 80's. I understand the German government nearly went broke trying to clean up the mess. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-10-24 14:55 |
| #12 With China holding all our debt Do tell! When did that heppen? |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-10-24 14:28 |
| #11 I did my senior thesis in Poli. Sci. (no laughter, please) on the environmental issues in the USSR (circa 1973). It was my contention then as it is now that Marxism is primarily responsible for this due to the philosophy that makes all raw materials "free" goods. Since there is no price for water, ore, timber, etc. there is no cost and no reason to conserve. This is what you get. Capitalism isn't perfect in this regard but it's a whole lot better. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-10-24 13:56 |
| #10 It is a step back to the Industrial world's earlier days, but on a scale unimaginable. There is one thing about "traditional" pollution from steel mills, etc. But mix this up with chemical plants on a huge scale and you have an environmental disaster of unprecedented scope. If the world is truly environmentally aware, we should be working for raising the quality for all. Instead, the so called environmentalists are working to take the wealth from the nations that can best implement responsible change and give it to those that will not use the wealth for betterment. In many ways the so called environmentalists are as destructive as those Chinese industrialists. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-10-24 13:22 |
| #9 They'll clean it up themselves, After enough people die. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-24 12:47 |
| #8 looks like photos of USSR and Eastern Europe after the fall. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-10-24 12:33 |
| #7 And Mao is Dunne's most admired philosopher and her husband set to take over as chief WH counsel. With China holding all our debt, any bets they make the US taxpayers pay for any clean-up? |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-24 10:40 |
| #6 This puts in perspective the hysteria of the Global Warming zealots in the US and UK. The only reason the Chinese and others are supporting Global Warming amelioration in the West is their heartfelt desire to cripple the economies of the West so that they can conquer them. |
| Posted by: rwv 2009-10-24 10:38 |
| #5 It's amazing what a government will allow when they are not held accountable by the people. This is Mao's dream, realized. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-10-24 08:42 |
| #4 Where is Michael Moore? He could make a powerful movie about this. We just need to explain to him that it's all Bush's fault and he will be eager to go. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-10-24 06:53 |
| #3 But they're Communists, so it's okay, isn't it? Didn't Thomas Friedman say so, along with the occupants of every college faculty lounge in the country? |
| Posted by: RIcky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2009-10-24 02:45 |
| #2 Incredibly frightening pictures. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-10-24 02:26 |
| #1 ION BHARAT RAKSHAK > IIRC CHINA'S POOL OF CHEAP LABOR IS QUICKLY DRYING UP. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-24 02:06 |