Very interesting. As mentioned above, I was shocked at the price of a cab..... was less then a diet coke in Shanghai.
On Jan 26, 4:55 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not know, you are right probably, China is the biggest buyer of > many categories of products, buick could be one of them. > > In China, taxes on gaz has been low along decades compared to Japan > and Europe. It pushed high comsumption cars. Since some years ago, it > is mid way between USA on the one hand and Europe and Japan on the > other hand. The trend is to make them as high as Europe and Japan, I > hope it happens as soon as posible. Those taxes will help to develop > railway and underground transportation, collective transportation is > the real goal. My wish is to make those taxes very high, even higher > than in Europe and Japan. > > Also I think that is important to ban cars in the city center. Beijing > is surrounded by rings, roads that encircle the city. To make the side > into the first ring full pedestrian (except a few hours a day for > professional transportation of goods) is possible now. A huge part of > that side is pedestrian already and in five years, once Qianmen and > Zhongnanhai will be closed for cars, the area where cars are allowed > will be a fraction of the area into the first ring. > > But Tiananmen, the city center, will be crossed by a car street yet. > In my opinion, that area should be car-free to make that most > Beijiners choose collective transportation instead of cars for local > trips. Or, as an option, to make a tunnel for cars crossing Tiananmen > and the whole city center without any exit into the ring. This would > develop a trolley network inside the area into the first ring. This > debate is currently alive in Beijing. But what I think is what finally > will win, we have no option but to reduce oil consumption by all > means. > > According to some people working on urban planning and design, what I > think is not only posible but cheaper once investments are made > because it would save a lot of oil every year. And something like that > is the future, no option. > > Peace and best wishes. > > Xi > > On Jan 26, 6:40 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Isn't China the biggest buyers of the Buick? > > The Buick was always a polluting gas guzzler. > > On Jan 26, 8:54 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Really? 20 years? wow ! > > > > :) > > > > On Jan 26, 3:09 am, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It is great the US car makers are finally waking up to the pollution/ > > > > global warming threat. > > > > > It most likely will take the Chinese govt another 20 to have something > > > > even close to the same understanding.... > > > > > But hell, they can sure put on a good Olympics! > > > > > On Jan 24, 1:43 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Great ! > > > > > > A pity it has not been done years ago. US car makers would not be into > > > > > trouble nowadays and they would be exporters. Probably they would not > > > > > export assembled cars, but they would export green engines. > > > > > > In any case, congratulations ! > > > > > > It is a turn toward the right direction and it will produce fruits in > > > > > years to come. > > > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > > > Xi > > > > > > On 24 ene, 17:57, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > First 100 Days: Obama’s first climate change target > > > > > > > After eight years of inaction on climate change by the federal > > > > > > government, we can now look forward to the Obama administration > > > > > > tackling global warming head on. With not a minute to lose, Lisa > > > > > > Jackson, the soon-to-be new head of the EPA, should move quickly to > > > > > > capitalize on the momentum of states that have so far been the > > > > > > leaders > > > > > > in fighting global warming. There is no better place to start than > > > > > > by > > > > > > establishing a national greenhouse gas emission standard for > > > > > > automobiles based on California’s landmark clean car law. > > > > > > >http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/01/22/first-100-days-obama... > > > > > > > My hope would be the new EPA tackling coal burning utilities and > > > > > > bringing them to thier knees!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
