Chinese rural communities embrace solar power - 28 Sept 08

China's economic transformation has been hailed as many things, but environmentally sensitive isn't usually one of them.

But now, green technology is increasingly being used - both to meet targets on renewable energy and to bring some of the fruits of China's new wealth to far-flung and isolated communities.

Tony Cheng reports from Xinjiang province in western China.

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[eightincher8]

did you sleep through your primary shcool history class, China had the most advanced tech and higghest gdp output for centuries b4 your contury was even put together.

[MCDB91390]

How can China have solar power but the U.S doesnt!!! Pisses me off!!!!

[Microglia1]

tHE ONLY TIME i NEED ELECTRICITY IS FOR REPLYING TO YOUTUBE COMMENTS AND CHARGING MY IPAD. oTHER THAN THAT, I AM NOT DEPENDENT ON ELECTRICITY.

[Microglia1]

China will change so much WITHIN MY LIFE TIME AND I'M 13 ALREADY!!!

[Microglia1]

China is the Longest Living Empire in History...

[eastern2western]

@MCDB91390 pretty simple, those distances are so far away from civilization, it is much cheaper to give them solar instead of trying to develop a power grid, plus most us homes consume way too much electricity(ridge, computers, tv etc) than what a small little solar panel can supply

[RoniCMaster]

@uniterscron It doesn't, but that's the whole point. A government that can only make decisions everybody's happy with can seldom make long-term decisions that require a lot of pain in the short term. Besides, it's a lot worse than a dictatorship. With a media owned and controlled by people with political interests that form their own consortium. At least in a dictatorship, you know you are not free. Unlike a 'democracy' where you have the illusion of freedom, when in fact, it's the opposite.

[RoniCMaster]

@somethingawful01 China is committed to spending $400 billion on green technology in the next 5 years alone. Many US green tech companies are now packing up for China, spurred by a great deal of incentives. About coal, both China and the US have huge reserves of coal and it still is and will continue to be, the primary source of fuel into the near future. At least China is making an effort at making it cleaner, they're already scrubing off 44% of the carbon emission from coal in a cheap way.

[RoniCMaster]

@MCDB91390 That's what happen when you spend your money propping up 200 military bases world wide instead of the economy. The US government is broke now so they can't support the capital-intensive green tech sector which is packing up for China since China gives plenty of cheap loans, tax breaks, reimbursement on operating costs for the first few years, generous land lease and a huge and willing market. No prolonged wars in history ever benefits a country.

[Sisomvox]

china the best communist in the word.

u are jealouse bcz china communist is so rich and powerful.

us will need more dollars from china to buy hotdogs

[Dickiespc]

I hate nationalism spreading all over my land.