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China to Build a Zero-Carbon Green City

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the tired-of-getting-whined-at-for-beijing dept.

gormanw writes "Just outside Shanghai, there is an island about the size of Manhattan. China is going to build its first-ever 'green city', complete with no gasoline/diesel powered vehicles, 100% renewable energy, green roofs, and recycling everything. The city is called Dongtan and it should house about 5,000 people by the end of 2010, with estimates of 500,000 by 2050. The goal is to build a livable city that is energy efficient, non-polluting, and protects the wildlife in the area."

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  1. Re:About Time by Max+Littlemore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow I was really hoping the US would take the lead on this issue

    And I was hoping for ponies. And winning 60 billion on the lottery.

    Seriously, when a country is prepared to invade another purely over oil supplies and have a enough of the population support it to vote the idiot back in, how in hell are they going to take the lead on something like this. California maybe, but really Europe is already way ahead on this stuff. The rest of the US will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

    Don't want to do a gratuitous anti US troll thing, but seriously, get real.

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  2. Re:OMFG FASHION MELTDOWN by Aardpig · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There -- fixed it for you.

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  3. Re:Good Luck... by drsquare · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the cattle industry is extraordinarily destructive to the planet

    Yeah, destroying all that precious grass...

  4. So what? by FatSean · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We gotta destroy the environment in which all these people live so they won't starve?

    You're crazy. We can all eat less and eat a smaller variety of foods that maximize calorie and nutrition production per acre farmed and energy spent.

    Or, the trashy people could stop breeding like animals.

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