Friday, August 8, 2008

Beijing's poor air quality

From here.


Consensus has that reducing pollution is averse to the economy at least in the short-run. Consensus also has that George W. Bush and other similar leaders like his Chinese counterparts are bad because they are non-committal to fight pollution.

But really, is it the faults of these governments? What if the peoples of these nations willingly would forgo their health for more material wealth?

Should governments then be their moral/rational guardians? Malaysians don't think so. "We want cheap oil. We want subsidies. Screw sustainability. Screw the future. We want more wealth now."

1 comment:

J said...

Wow that looks like when we have haze in Malaysia.