China's air pollution kills about 4,000 every day : Study
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useful link to register the intensity of pollution in China...The main culprit is coal, of which China has plentiful supply....Note though that China is making ambitious plans to wean off coal by moving into renewable sources of energy...
Excerpts:
“When I was last in Beijing, pollution was at the hazardous level: Every hour of exposure reduced my life expectancy by 20 minutes,” said scientific director of Berkeley Earth and a co-author of the paper Richard Muller in an email. “It’s as if every man, woman and child smoked 1.5 cigarettes each hour.”
Qn: Discuss the view that, with an increasing global need for energy, every possible source should be exploited to the full. (Cam. 2014)
useful link to register the intensity of pollution in China...The main culprit is coal, of which China has plentiful supply....Note though that China is making ambitious plans to wean off coal by moving into renewable sources of energy...
Excerpts:
“When I was last in Beijing, pollution was at the hazardous level: Every hour of exposure reduced my life expectancy by 20 minutes,” said scientific director of Berkeley Earth and a co-author of the paper Richard Muller in an email. “It’s as if every man, woman and child smoked 1.5 cigarettes each hour.”
Qn: Discuss the view that, with an increasing global need for energy, every possible source should be exploited to the full. (Cam. 2014)
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