Do we need China's help?

Question

in reducing the world's greenhouse emissions?

I know china has been putting more and more cars on the road at staggering rates.

Do we need china, and what effect will these new cars have on the world?

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Answer 1

Somehow I don't think China is interested in lowering its growth or standard of living.  

Answer 2

Why is the US always blamed when our pollution isn't as bad, yet when people talk about China it's asking if they can "help."  Why do people fear China so much?

P.S. Please answer my censored question--thanks.

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Answer 3

No, it has to do with NAFTA. So the losses and gains are in part to do, with America's cooperate greed. But think about this, who's really going to pay for it?

Answer 4

China is now the largest emitter of "greenhouse gases" in the world, so if you think that something needs to be done, excluding China will assure failure.  According to this site (http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0620-china... China passed the U.S. in 2006 in terms of  CO2 emissions.

I am more concerned about the actual pollutants that China is putting into the environment as a by-product of its rapid growth.  We have all seen the Beijing smog during the Olympics, and most water sources in China are terribly polluted.  A lot of the scrap electronics that we get rid of in the West end up being taken apart in Chinese villages, and the heavy metals and other poisons in them end up in the groundwater, rivers, and food supply.

What we really need to work with China on is reducing overall pollution, rather than focusing narrowly on the "greenhouse gas" craze.  If we don't, we may end up living in a world where the CO2 levels in the atmosphere are low, but in which our groundwater is undrinkable, fish are uneatable (do to high levels of heavy metal), and the air is unbreathable.