Green Giant
Beijing's crash program for clean energy
On March 3, 1986, four of China’s top weapons scientists—each a veteran of the missile and space programs—sent a private letter to Deng Xiaoping, the leader of the country. Their letter was a warning: Decades of relentless focus on militarization had crippled the country’s civilian scientific establishment; China must join the world’s xin jishu geming, the “new technological revolution,” they said, or it would be left behind. They called for ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Nicholas Kristof, New Yorker
When China's coal fired power stations have run their course and are ready to be torn down, China will be producing her energy from renewable sources. She will undoubtedly recycle the iron and other materials from her coal fired generators to make more wind turbines. Pity the west will be lagging so far behind.