When coal is part of a whole way of life  

I definitely agree with the author's point of view. On the other hand, the image came into my mind of the sellers of coal bricks peddling through the old hutong of Beijing, selling their coal in winter. One excuse of the government's in destroying those streets, and that way of life, is that the old houses burn coal, but the new high-rises in the suburbs where people are moved will have cleaner energy. Should these people and their ways of life be targeted like this?

Insightful piece!  

Wonderful, insightful article!!

Mary Jay

The best way to control pollution

The following point of view is worth to discuss: “Let the pollution issue be in the state of flux is not the best way to govern the problem, however, it should be terminated from the root cause”. From this point of view, idea of environmentalism will be aroused easily, anything which is not benefit to the environment, should be eliminated from our society. In fact, there is better word to interpret pollution: “Pollution – it’s just to locate the right things at wrong place”, fully utilize pollutants, change it to become resources, would be the best way to control pollution. - Aturen

Energy efficiency  

It's good to see an article that focuses on energy efficiency rather than China's need to simply cut emissions. Per unit of GDP, China uses four times more energy than the United States. Addressing issues like this will be much easier than reducing overall emissions.
Katie

Agree with Aturen  

Totally agree with Aturen and his defination of pollution, but the problem is how! any good solution?

Snowland brown bear

Very good  

Very nice. I like this.