Monday, November 16, 2009

Reading Response # 7

Environment has become the world biggest problem. It hurts people’s health and makes poverty.
China is the country which has one of the worst environments. With the world’s largest population, China may produce the world most pollution. Car pollution is one of the serious issues. For example: the capital Beijing has more than 10 million cars and cars release much pollution. However, people cannot life without cars. Therefore, Chinese government establishes a tax on displacement. For example: if vehicle have an engine more than 3.0L, an extra tax will be charged on it. If a Vehicle has an engine more than 4.0L, a double extra tax will be charged. Therefore, the bigger displacement is, the more expensive the car is. So, it can limit some people how interesting in purchase a large displacement vehicle, in order to reduce the pollution.
The pollution also influences the development in poor village in China. In my opinion, one of the reasons why the gap between the rich and the poor become bigger is environment. Actually, the small village wants to develop. However, the factories want then hopeless. The emission makes the earth cannot be used no more. Therefore, agriculture is no longer the way to develop. However, in a small, poor village, how else can be used to develop it?
Therefore, reduce pollution. It really can help us to solve those problems which people think it is impossible to figure out. No matter economic, humanities and develop.

1 comment:

  1. I like your response very much. I like how you used China as the example to explain how serious the pollution is affecting the world.
    Also i like how you connected pollution with poverty together.
    I agree with you about the situation in China. Since i have stayed in China for couple years; the pollution in China is ridiculous. There was one time i thought i can not breathe.
    I believe the government is working on it now, but who know when will this situation be changed since China has the most population in the world.

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