Very scary. The inevitable consequences of the growth of China mean a larger economic footprint. But to 'solve' the issue of smog in its major cities by avoiding it, is terribly short sighted for themselves and the world.
The great coal migration: "The country’s economic growth has long been fed by coal, but its eastern cities are choking on the smog. Now the government thinks it has a solution: Move the power plants inland."
The great coal migration: "The country’s economic growth has long been fed by coal, but its eastern cities are choking on the smog. Now the government thinks it has a solution: Move the power plants inland."
"China is building up to 70 new coal-fired plants at large bases, representing arguably the biggest fossil-fuel development in the world"
"Locating these industrial complexes China’s vast hinterland may make the skies over Beijing and Shanghai bluer, but it won’t do anything about China’s overall pollution problems. And in terms of carbon emissions and water constraints it could make things much, much worse."
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