> The Chinese have adopted the concepts wholeheartedly. The government plans > to provide new housing for 400 million people in 12 years, McDonough says, > and has published "Cradle to Cradle" as government policy. (There, the > title translates into "virtuous circle.") McDonough has been hired to > develop entire cities as model eco-urban environments -- without sprawl, > congestion, pollution, waste or reliance on fossil fuels. ...
So far, China is going in the opposite direction: from bicycles to infernal-combustion gas-guzzler cars, not even leapfrogging to the latest low-emission/hybrid cars. Note that traffic is the largest energy-consumer in developed countries, more than heating. Let's see how China _will_ "adopt the concepts wholeheartedly"... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
