Latest comments posted about Chilling developments in Dubai on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2657-Chilling-developments-in-Dubai http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2657-Chilling-developments-in-Dubai The problem is that in most Gulf states people are scared to speak out against the government. In most cases their reluctance is based on reality. Why would the government allow a group to talk against the one thing that Dubai has going for it - tourism and real estate. You have to realise that Dubai does not have a great deal of oil. Their industry is not really based on oil. It is Abu Dhabi (ADNOC) who has the oil. It's really a shame that Gulf countries do not realise the need to preserve the environment and to invest more money into sustainable energy. But you have to look at what is happening on the street. Which is that water costs more then petrol in Saudi Arabia, and that it costs me only five uk pounds to fill up my car. We need to invest in technologies and research that does not make it prohibitively expensive to develop green energy so that we can compete on the level that most people care about - price! We also need to lobby the Gulf governments to invest in educating the masses about a sustainable lifestyle. Hamza Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:48:59 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8154 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8154 Does owning plenty of energy mean that you can waste it as you wish? A country has the right to deal with its property according to its will, but that doesn't mean that whatever you do is right. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:55:45 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8148 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8148 There is no lack of money or rich people in the world, and sometimes they don’t even know how to spend the money. Many of them don’t know what they make or spend money for not to mention what is luxury consumption. As long as you have money, finding ways to spend it should never be a difficult thing. See what is happening in Las Vegas, the desert city filled with gambling casinos. It seems ridiculous and stupid, but in fact there is reason behind it. But as the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing, as well as the conflicts’ intensity, it will bring wars. Contradictions serve as the engine of development. And wars will exist as long as men have desires. The war caused by environmental crisis could be just around the corner. By that time, the cooled beach would be covered by dead bodies. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:52:50 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8151 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8151 God bless you with plenty of energy for you to spend on meaningful things, not for you to waste. If you think you can do whatever you want to, you are wrong. One day you will get punished by God, or, in its other name, Nature. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:10:06 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8147 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8147 Money and endless desire make some regions disregard global environment problems and their role as a citizen of earth. Earth does not belong to one country or some "top people". It is terrible if the consumption model of the so-called upper class and the propaganda of "world's tallest building", "artificial islands", "ski domes" by some regions influence other people's values. Only when a great global climate crisis came would we wake up. We are all naked animals on the earth! Lin Weiwu Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:58:09 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8145 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2657#comment-8145