Comments on: Shrink the Gap. Support the Gas Tax http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lynn http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14351 Lynn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html#comment-14351 <p>I would like to appologize for posting my comment prematurely. There must have been a loading error in my browser and I only got half the article and - thinking that I had read the whole thing - responded. Sorry about that</p> I would like to appologize for posting my comment prematurely. There must have been a loading error in my browser and I only got half the article and – thinking that I had read the whole thing – responded. Sorry about that

]]> By: China Law Blog http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14352 China Law Blog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html#comment-14352 <p>You have hit the nail on the head with respect to China. The Beijing government is trying to crack down on pollution, but they also have 1.3 billion+ mouths to feed and there is still a tremendous need for growth. The thing is the country uses fuel so inefficiently that relatively small and inexpensive changes would greatly reduce consumption. But ...</p> You have hit the nail on the head with respect to China. The Beijing government is trying to crack down on pollution, but they also have 1.3 billion+ mouths to feed and there is still a tremendous need for growth. The thing is the country uses fuel so inefficiently that relatively small and inexpensive changes would greatly reduce consumption. But …

]]> By: Lynn http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14350 Lynn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html#comment-14350 <p>This is interesting, but what exactly is your point? And, how can you trust your statistics.<br /> ((When I say that, what are "pollution related illnesses" how do people determine pollution is a major factor, etc etc))<br /> <br /> Right now China is in it's growth spurt (econonomically). America had a similar time in the Industrial revolution, and London (the picturesque clean European city) once stunk to high heaven from all its filth. <br /> <br /> Assuming that you are suggestion more regulation, what right do you have? I understand you had a trip to the emergancy room and became quiet ill from Bejing's air, but wouldn't this be an interruption, forced upon by other nations, in a period that many countries had previously gone through.</p> This is interesting, but what exactly is your point? And, how can you trust your statistics.
((When I say that, what are “pollution related illnesses” how do people determine pollution is a major factor, etc etc))

Right now China is in it's growth spurt (econonomically). America had a similar time in the Industrial revolution, and London (the picturesque clean European city) once stunk to high heaven from all its filth.

Assuming that you are suggestion more regulation, what right do you have? I understand you had a trip to the emergancy room and became quiet ill from Bejing's air, but wouldn't this be an interruption, forced upon by other nations, in a period that many countries had previously gone through.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14353 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/12/shrink-the-gap-support-the-gas-tax.html#comment-14353 <p>Lynn,<br /> <br /> No need to apologize -- we agree on the dangerous of regulation, especially in an economy that needs to grow like China.<br /> <br /> CLB,<br /> <br /> A story on CCTV9 while I was in Beijing was new farming regulations, because a lot of the dust from the storms was blown from farms. It reminded me of America's similar experience in the 1930s, where dust from farms even went over the mountains and hit Washington, DC.<br /> <br /> Efficiency gains are part of China's solution, but if you're going to add a large fraction of the 900 million peasants to the cities, you're increasing energy consumption regardless.</p> Lynn,

No need to apologize — we agree on the dangerous of regulation, especially in an economy that needs to grow like China.

CLB,

A story on CCTV9 while I was in Beijing was new farming regulations, because a lot of the dust from the storms was blown from farms. It reminded me of America's similar experience in the 1930s, where dust from farms even went over the mountains and hit Washington, DC.

Efficiency gains are part of China's solution, but if you're going to add a large fraction of the 900 million peasants to the cities, you're increasing energy consumption regardless.

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