Interesting that while China doesn’t want to be held accountable for it by outsiders, it is moving fast to get to renewable energy and to reduce its pollution. Having been in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, I can tell you it is pretty awful there. (Blow your nose, it comes out black.) US companies are bringing home their expatriate executives, because it’s too dangerous for them to live there.But China is investing heavily in solar and wind — I believe they’re already up to 20% — and is working to improve the technology. If we in the US don’t get on it again, we’re going to have a choice: buy oil from the Mideast or solar panels from China.So why can’t we get our so-called democratically elected representatives on the ball here, when a majority of Americans want to move this way?Perhaps because money talks?
Interesting that while China doesn’t want to be held accountable for it by outsiders, it is moving fast to get to renewable energy and to reduce its pollution. Having been in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, I can tell you it is pretty awful there. (Blow your nose, it comes out black.) US companies are bringing home their expatriate executives, because it’s too dangerous for them to live there.But China is investing heavily in solar and wind — I believe they’re already up to 20% — and is working to improve the technology. If we in the US don’t get on it again, we’re going to have a choice: buy oil from the Mideast or solar panels from China.So why can’t we get our so-called democratically elected representatives on the ball here, when a majority of Americans want to move this way?Perhaps because money talks?