Is China Headed for an Energy-Fueled Recession? - Marc Porat

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/01/New_Green_Building_Practices_in_China

Entrepreneur Marc Porat discusses the likelihood of an energy recession in China if steps are not taken to green the country's building practices. He says demand for energy will far exceed the available supply.

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Leading green design specialists discuss green building practices in China at Scaling Up: From Green Buildings to Green Cities in the US and China.

The US and China are rapidly becoming the global centers for green design promotion, development, and investment, and many other Asian countries are beginning to follow suit. - Asia Society

Marc Porat is Chairman of Serious Materials, CalStar Cement, and ZETA Communities.

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[Politicrafty]

Are you kidding me? I'd work at a nuclear plant. Radiation is well understood. Unlike coal plants, outside of nuclear power plants geiger counters report nothing. They recognize the dangers and respond to them, while with coal there is nothing we can do to manage the emissions.  Nuclear waste can be buried, safely, for eons. We can prepare for geological events at the waste sites, and monitor them.

Nuclear is very safe. No scare mongering, I really want you all to give it a chance.

[VisitingXenoc133]

Nuclear power is not under much threat from terrorists, they don't explode like bombs, its more effective to hit skyscrapers, thats why they hit NY.

Plants are not made like Chernobyl anymore and even if they were they would not be dangerous if run properly.

mass wise the waste is much lower then coal and doesn't have all those carbon emissions. since i don't live in Brittan i don't know what Europe will do with the used rods but you guys are pretty smart, you'll think of something.

[sofresh821]

@rkoechig Well said.

[rkoechig]

Does that mean they will want the USA to pepay our debt to them?? I just read that China emits more CO2 then the USA by at least 8%. Germany has the most wind turbines but are now building 26 new coal plants and Europe as a whole is going back to fossil fuels. Why are we at this time going to close down our coal plants. Obama said he would bankrupt coal companies and he is on his way. America is already bankrupt and now we are all being sold out in the name of politics. Cap& Trade is a tax.

[fluibertje]

We have no energy crisis. we have a economic crisis. we dont produce good things. the need to keep selling products motivates the production of products that wear out sooner than necessary. produce products that last and you cut tremendously on manufacturing energy, transportation energy.

[merdufer]

it's easy to say you don't care about nuclear leakage when the plant is not anywhere near you.

[merdufer]

the chinese government has been frantically building dams and hydroplants on every river they can find. there's been complaints about its impact on the local biodiversity and local people's traditional livelihood, but really, what can you do.

[Politicrafty]

We use the used rods in dirty bombs to drop on Iraqis. Have for years. Obviously the moral thing to do with them is something else, but I can think of something Republicans might do with those glowing tubes...

Nuclear is very safe. Waste and mining are the problems, but it is orders of magnitude better than coal.

You know, there are some motherfuckers out there looking into hot fusion round this planet. Wouldn't that be some power?

I'm not against green, just against coal. Nuclear works.

[trifelgeputinage]

I've always been under the impression that nuclear technology is not cost efficient, also I don't like the idea of all that waste and the increased dangers of another chernobyl or terrorist attack.