I've been to a number of mainland Chinese cities, and it is a common sight to see the coal markets, for lack of a better term, small trucks all lined up, must be hundreds of them, loaded with coal and all the locals from miles around trooping to get their daily coal requirements. Now multiply that by a billion....
Its one of those days here today in fact, as its been a bit cooler lately, so in rolls the "HZ" or "FG"
I read somewhere there is a new coal fired power station built every week on the mainland, and anyone who has flown the Northern route to Europe over China has gazed down on a country completely blanketed with pollution.
Its just one reason my kids are moving home, both of them having had more than one serious bout of Respiratory illness. Its just not worth it.
