Watching the second part of that dvd Mr. Schaedel showed us in class, the China Revs Up hour, I first was surprised by how quickly China is catching up to America. Of course, not in population, since China is huge compared to the U.S., but in carbon emission. It is said that China will be releasing just as much carbon emission into the atmosphere as the United States by 2030. That's not very far off, if you think about it. Pretty scary, actually, that not only will America be destroying and polluting the air, but China will be helping us out with that. Super. Great to know, right? Also, according to the UN, China is home to 7 of the most polluted cities. How sad is that? It makes me wonder how many cities America has that are the most polluted in the world.
China is known, at least to a majority of my friends and I, for it's gigantic population. Population control in China is very strictly enforced. Families are allowed one child each, and they will have to pay a certain amount of money if they wish to have more children. But as China is still growing, there is always the scare of a possible overpopulation, leading to famine, then a revolution, and the throwing over of their government in a frenzy. Hopefully, this will not happen soon. Just maybe, China will start to slow down on the producting of babies.
China uses coal three times more than the USA does. Apparently, China is famous for having coal producing plants. Of course, this may be a cheap way to generate energy and fuel, but it is very dirty, and pollutes the air an immense amount.
Also, without steel, China's economy would come to a halt. Steel had been one of China's leading factors of pollution. But recently, Chinese government had put a stop to all the steel, limiting the output of it where factories were too polluting to the environment. I hope my sentences make sense, by the way. It's hard to type down my thoughts as I watch the video, as like notes in class, I'm slow to take down what I hear before the speaker moves on to the next topic.
Cars have started to overtake China's roads. As they once have been deserted, nowadays, it is incredibly hard to find a Chinese consumer who doesn't have an interest in owning a car, or drives one already. Luckily, there are some companies that still try to encourage bicycle riding, or walking as opposed to polluting the air with gas from cars. It's sort of funny how China houses cars from other countries other than itself. China does not manufacture any cars of their own, so they take in the cars from Germany, America, Japan, etc etc.
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What is different for China, is that the cars that have, and may create in China that are models from around the world, have the emission 2 model of engines. Meaning, their equipment in the Chinese cars are about ten years older than what cars use today say in Europe or America. So, the emissions given off from the car is even more filled with bad toxins and icky stuff for the air. That sort of makes me want to frown at China even harder than before. If my frown could possibly fall to the floor, that's where it would be at this moment in the program.
Even though China has the largest population, only 7% of China is airable land. O.M.G. That is horrible!! China is seriously being pushed to it's limit. It's like, as that percentage diminishes, China will explode. And if China explodes, then we will explode from some sort of ripple effect. I think to solve this problem, China needs to have an intervention with itself. Or, sit down, look out to the country, and say Slow. Down. Nothing good can come from all this, except manufactured items to export to America. But, that's selfish of us, since everything we own is pretty much made in China. This is a serious problem, and I believe China really should try to calm down, be responsible, and take hold of it's own reigns.
