China to cut millions of old vehicles to cut air pollution

[bob10]

China desperate to cut pollution. A shift away from coal, to gas, perhaps, Bob


BBC News - China to scrap millions of cars to improve air quality (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27583404)


Air domes over the city , science fiction becomes fact.


BBC News - China pollution: How air domes may help Beijing (http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-26984393)

[30t of coolness]

If they really want to cut pollution they shouldn't build cars in the first place :D:D:D.

[Chucaro]

China pledges to limit carbon emissions for first time (http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/03/china-pledges-limit-carbon-emissions)

[frantic]

If you read that article, we are in deep poo poo. China has stated they will peak at around 11 billion tons!
Currently they make anywhere between 7-9.5 so using those "lose" figures the peak could be anywhere up to 14.5 billion tons. That is almost half of the rest of the worlds current emissions(33-38billion tons depending upon source).
Global Carbon Emissions | CO2 Now | Current CO2 (http://co2now.org/Current-CO2/CO2-Now/global-carbon-emissions.html)


This increase of 4billion tons, 10 times Australia's total output, will make any plan worthless.

[Cobber]

When you start scratching the surface a bit, China's current environmental position is quite alarming, but not exactly surprising ...

[amazing]

31% pollution from cars...not really focusing on the issue.

also cars over 14 years required testing every 6 mths made it very impractical to have an old car..now changed to every year...