China's 'eco-city'

[Slidell]

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2007/02/16/ecocity-topper1.jpg CHONGMING ISLAND, China — At the mouth of the Yangtze River, an hour by ferry from Shanghai, a new kind of Chinese city will rise from the mudflats and wetlands. In three years, the island's black-faced spoonbills and other rare birds will share this migratory stop with 25,000 humans, the initial inhabitants of what developers call the world's first "eco-city." If Dongtan Eco-City opens on schedule, it will become a carbon-neutral urban showcase at about the same moment scientists foresee China surpassing the United States as the globe's leading emitter of greenhouse gases. The state-run developer behind the $1.3 billion project envisions three modern villages on Chongming Island, which is about three-quarters the size of Manhattan. The communities will be powered by energy captured from sun, wind, biofuels and recycled organic material. A quarter of the island will be untouched ecological buffer. Grasses will grow on rooftops for natural insulation. Rainwater will be purified for use. Vehicles will operate on clean fuels. Four other Chinese cities plan to build similar eco-zones. London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who visited Dongtan last April, said he wants to build a smaller version along the River Thames.

 

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Edited January 16, 2011 by Slidell

[360]

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2007/02/16/ecocity-topper1.jpg CHONGMING ISLAND, China — At the mouth of the Yangtze River, an hour by ferry from Shanghai, a new kind of Chinese city will rise from the mudflats and wetlands. In three years, the island's black-faced spoonbills and other rare birds will share this migratory stop with 25,000 humans, the initial inhabitants of what developers call the world's first "eco-city." If Dongtan Eco-City opens on schedule, it will become a carbon-neutral urban showcase at about the same moment scientists foresee China surpassing the United States as the globe's leading emitter of greenhouse gases. The state-run developer behind the $1.3 billion project envisions three modern villages on Chongming Island, which is about three-quarters the size of Manhattan. The communities will be powered by energy captured from sun, wind, biofuels and recycled organic material. A quarter of the island will be untouched ecological buffer. Grasses will grow on rooftops for natural insulation. Rainwater will be purified for use. Vehicles will operate on clean fuels. Four other Chinese cities plan to build similar eco-zones. London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who visited Dongtan last April, said he wants to build a smaller version along the River Thames.

 

Full story can be found here

 

I'm starting to hate China.......

[Slidell]

I'm starting to hate China.......

 

Yes, damn those chinks, saving the environment. Where do they get off?

[Quinn]

I hate the pollution that they make, but then again, the states is worse. And I can't bring myself to hate the states. Maybe its all the cheap shit they make that seems cool at first then breaks soon after (China). Edited January 16, 2011 by Quinn

[Slidell]

I hate the pollution that they make, but then again, the states is worse. And I can't bring myself to hate the states. Maybe its all the cheap shit they make that seems cool at first then breaks soon after (China).

 

Have you seen the Beijing skyline? There pollution is way worse than ours.

[Quinn]

Have you seen the Beijing skyline? There pollution is way worse than ours.

 

Your country puts out more greenhouse gasses as a whole though. That's what I was talking about.