China and the Environment

In a recent article in Wired magazine (April 2005) they have an article entitled "China's Next Cultural Revolution" The article centers around the automotive industry and makes some important points about China's environmental situation.

People often call us to complain about China's environmental situation, but they would do well to note that China only uses 2% of the world's gasoline. The automotive industry is growing fast, but they are estimated to reach only 50% of the US by 2020. And China is doing more for electric and hybrid cars than most any other country - they provide a much more open market condition in which to sell such cars. Shanghai is even going so far as to consider making downtown accessible to only electric cars in the future.

It's a good article with interesting side bars.