Beijing 2008

[Soviet.Kazak]

China has been making changes in Beijing to prepare it for the Olympics '08. The main changes are ways of reducing the amount of pollution. This article from Wired magazine will list some changes they've made already.(a link to the article is below) Even with the changes they've made already, China still has a problem with winds bringing polluted air from other cities and provinces. China also hasn't completely rid Beijing of pollution. What do you think China should do for Olympics '08?

Article:http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/15-08/ff_pollution

 

[TheDivineBoss]

DAMN! What a s(...)tload of smog Ok new target for Save-The-Earth-By-Being-Clean-Guys: Asia!
People! Stop driving with your cars to the mailbox around the corner! Do like most of us do: Use the bike, public transport and all those things

 

[Soviet.Kazak]

DAMN! What a s(...)tload of smog Ok new target for Save-The-Earth-By-Being-Clean-Guys: Asia!
People! Stop driving with your cars to the mailbox around the corner! Do like most of us do: Use the bike, public transport and all those things

They are installing new subways, and I do believe China is known as the Bicycle kingdom. The main problem here (in my opinion) is the large amount of factories. They're still using 1950s vintage factories in some parts of China.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Yo one thing: The Dutch are the bicycle kings! More then half here bikes. Biking/public transport ftw! China is only king of massing bikes. Amsterdam is Bicycle Capital.

#There are 9 million bicycles in Bejing#

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Yo one thing: The Dutch are the bicycle kings! More then half here bikes. Biking/public transport ftw! China is only king of massing bikes. Amsterdam is Bicycle Capital.

#There are 9 million bicycles in Bejing#

Actually, though Netherlands is the bicycle country, Tianjin, China is the bicycle capital. China is also the leading in bicycle manufacturing, I believe.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Is not Tianjin the most polluted city in the world?

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Dunno but it's a asian town who it is.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Dunno but it's a asian town who it is.

Is anyone else fluent in wtf?

 

[Pyritie]

Bah, China uses too much coal.

And at least Beijing's olympic logo looks better than the peice of shit the london 2012 one has.

 

[brad.dude03]

That's because under China there is enough coal to keep the country powered for the next 300 years.

I read that article in Wired though, it's good that they're at least doing SOMETHING to try and make a good impression.

 

[Pyritie]

Meh, no matter how much coal they have, they're one of the biggest polluters at the moment.

 

[brad.dude03]

Obviously because coal is a ton worse for the environment than other natural resources. They burn a lot of it because they have access to it. Why import fossil fuels when they can use their own coal for cheaper?

 

[Soviet.Kazak]

Have you heard of the Three Gorges Dam project? The Chinese government is constructing a Dam on the Yangtze River which will reduce the amount of coal used in China by 31 million tons.

 

[brad.dude03]

And there you have it, China is doing alright.

Now if only the Communist government worked flawlessly, they'd be on a role.

 

[Pyritie]

I believe it's "on a roll".

Oh, and here's London's shitty logo:

 

[Soviet.Kazak]

Looks like something you'd see on a fanny pack from the 80s.

 

[Pyritie]

I know, it's abysmal.

At least we have five years to change it...

 

[brad.dude03]

Wow. That's ultra tacky.

And no, the Chinese government isn't perfect, and hence China does not have a utopian society, so China is not on a role

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

 

[brad.dude03]

Good god.









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