China leading in the environment

[eyeball]

Was that Mr. Canada behind the camera?

[Topaz]

Your title is misleading. They are no where near leading in the environment...this is about investment in technology which could, possibly produce cleaner power...and like any investment, forward looking predictions are speculative...

http://www.tmxmoney.com/en/sector_profiles/cleantech.html

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OK, Dancer, sorry if I offended you, or emotional or mentally upset you. Correct me if I`m wrong, no problem. I`ll be more careful not to upset you.

[M.Dancer]

Correct me if I`m wrong, no problem. I`ll be more careful not to upset you.

Sorry, I already have a full time job. Can I direct you instead to a range of better quality small appliances?

[Michael Hardner]

Was that Mr. Canada behind the camera?

It's such a shame that no one has pointed out the quality of this joke. I certainly got a good chuckle going...

[waldo]

further confirmation on China... leading in the environment:

China - top wind power market

China became the No. 1 wind turbine market in 2009, installing a record 13.75 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity, and three Chinese suppliers ranked among the Top-10 turbine manufacturers, Danish consultants BTM said.

"The most significant trend in the market was the booming Chinese wind industry," BTM Consult said in a summary of its annual wind power market review for paying subscribers.

China's new capacity accounted for more than a third of the world's total new wind energy capacity of 38 GW last year, which was a record despite the financial crisis, BTM Consult said.

"China emerged as by far and away the most successful market, installing ... the highest volume ever by one country in a single year," BTM said.

[bjre]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/business/global/08rail.html?scp=4&sq=china&st=cse

BEIJING — Nearly 150 years after American railroads brought in thousands of Chinese laborers to build rail lines across the West, China is poised once again to play a role in American rail construction. But this time, it would be an entirely different role: supplying the technology, equipment and engineers to build high-speed rail lines.

The Chinese government has signed cooperation agreements with the State of California and General Electric to help build such lines. The agreements, both of which are preliminary, show China’s desire to become a big exporter and licensor of bullet trains traveling 215 miles an hour,

an environmentally friendly technology

in which China has raced past the United States in the last few years.

Edited April 9, 2010 by bjre

[GostHacked]

past MLW climate related threads have also spoken to export/import situations, but not in the way you project a concern over a manufacturing disparity. Again, there is a reason the U.S., the world's largest consumer economy, has managed to keep it's emission levels relatively static in the face of ever increasing consumerism... the reason.... all that manufacturing related emission output has been exported by the U.S. to other nations (some of that to China). So, in effect, a portion of that increased Chinese emission level can be directly attributed to satisfying the demands of western countries, in particular the U.S., that have chosen to "export" their manufacturing base.

Most of what the US buys is not made in the US. When there is less manufacturing in the US today because of outsourcing and using overseas operations, that alone will reduce the emissions that the US makes.

Electronics is a great example of this. China is the largest maufacturer of electronic devices (TVs computers, mobile devices) So tell me how they are dealing with those emissions better than if that same plant was in the US. I will say that if the US kept the manufacturing of electronic equipment, then because of the US long standing regulations overall the emissions would still be less than China.