Photo:China's drive toward energy efficiency

Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2009 pages 1A,8A:

Workers test low-energy light bulbs in Nanjing,Jiangsu Province. I taught at the Nanjing University of Economics in 2002 and visited in 2004 for a lecture there.

Please read below from the Source: U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center: -

On average, a Chinese person emits one-fifth as much greenhouse gas as an American... but China's growing economy and population have raised coal-reliant energy demands...and pushed up the nation's fossil fuel emission levels. Lifestyle is not the same as known.

David Sandalow, assistant secretary for policy and international affairs at the Energy Department who visited China to explore areas for agreement during President Obam's trip in November said:" If they invest in 21st century technologies and we invest in 20th century technologies, they will win."

Here is the rationale for mutual cooperation and collaboration in the 21st century for Sino-American Economics of Ecology.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, an observer of economics in action on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 10.12 a.m.