Comments on: Vanishing Glaciers Jolt Smokestack China http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/11/vanishing-glaciers-jolt-smokestack-china/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mdhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/11/vanishing-glaciers-jolt-smokestack-china/#comment-13230 md Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:08:09 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=47132#comment-13230 I hope Beijing really is ready to take action with respect to the environment in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve region and elsewhere on the Tibetan Plateau. For 10 years they have been blaming Tibetan yak herders for environmental damage there (and laughably Western environmentalists listened), ignoring the true causes of much of the environmental damage: national and provincial CCP managed mining, oil and gas extraction, dam building, road construction, military bases, etc., etc., that is, development. The plateau's environment is fragile compared with that of low lands, and it does not recover as quickly.The CCP is responsible for most of the environmental damage on the plateau (the rest due to global warming), and is a position to stop it if it chooses. Myself I am predicting that by the end of 21st century China will be suffering so badly from residual pollution and water scarcity that it will permanently be in state of quasi-civil war and economic backwardness. I hope I am wrong, but back stabbing politics and official corruption continually get in the way of honestly serving the China's peoples. I hope Beijing really is ready to take action with respect to the environment in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve region and elsewhere on the Tibetan Plateau. For 10 years they have been blaming Tibetan yak herders for environmental damage there (and laughably Western environmentalists listened), ignoring the true causes of much of the environmental damage: national and provincial CCP managed mining, oil and gas extraction, dam building, road construction, military bases, etc., etc., that is, development. The plateau’s environment is fragile compared with that of low lands, and it does not recover as quickly.

The CCP is responsible for most of the environmental damage on the plateau (the rest due to global warming), and is a position to stop it if it chooses. Myself I am predicting that by the end of 21st century China will be suffering so badly from residual pollution and water scarcity that it will permanently be in state of quasi-civil war and economic backwardness. I hope I am wrong, but back stabbing politics and official corruption continually get in the way of honestly serving the China’s peoples.

]]> By: freedom loverhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/11/vanishing-glaciers-jolt-smokestack-china/#comment-13214 freedom lover Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:15:04 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=47132#comment-13214 The Chinese should learn from their past industrial experiences and do nothing which dmages the eco balance and sustains life in Asia.Yet this may not happen.There are already CHinese constructions of dams going on in the Tibetean plateau. There are also plans to liquify the HImalayas for industrial activity. And some lans to bomb and blast the mountains to change the course of rivers.Who will live if the Himalayas die.The Chinese must study the impact of the three gorges dam on the environment, before they cause further, unsustainable damage to the HImalayas, to produce a few megawatts of electicitySoo The Chinese should learn from their past industrial experiences and do nothing which dmages the eco balance and sustains life in Asia.

Yet this may not happen.

There are already CHinese constructions of dams going on in the Tibetean plateau. There are also plans to liquify the HImalayas for industrial activity. And some lans to bomb and blast the mountains to change the course of rivers.

Who will live if the Himalayas die.

The Chinese must study the impact of the three gorges dam on the environment, before they cause further, unsustainable damage to the HImalayas, to produce a few megawatts of electicity

Soo

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