the chinese government seems determined to launch a "people's war" against energy waste. CCTV as well as other prominent media are organizing an activity to collect "energy-saving tips" from the whole country, however, a key part is missing from this campaign against energy waste - what price china and chinese people will pay if they lose the war?
a few weeks ago when i took a cab, i asked the cab driver whether he knows the Unocal-CNNOC deal and told him why closing the windows and turning on the aircon could help reducing gasoline waste and preventing the confrontations between china and the US. obviously the scenario of US invading china's east sea oil field works well and he shut the cab windows immediately.
the coal mine disasters like this almost become a national shame since it occured once every few weeks and took tens or hundreds innocent lives every time, even though the government took all kinds of measures to prevent it to happen again. i wonder how many of us attribute the loss of those innocent lives to the loosy way we use(waste) our limited energies. although i think it will be more effective to develop a mechanism to connect energy waste to economic lose, it might not be a bad idea to let people understand why we can enjoy cheap energies here in china and feel guilty as i and this laowai do.
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