I can't believe this. One of the great protectors of forum etiquette and self appointed gatekeepers has hijacked this thread.
@Alien: What, pray tell, does the fuel consumption of an A380 have to do with riding in a jeep to Tengchong? Is it necessary you impose your environmental beliefs on others? If there are flights to Tengchong they are going with or without @okly78. The only additional pollution impact of flying there is the marginal weight of @okly78 and his stuff.
The link you provided is to poorly written website with misleading and irrelevant statements of non facts. For example "In late May, EPA is scheduled to release an endangerment finding that is expected to show that greenhouse gas emissions from aviation puts human health at risk." Anticipation of some undated announcement about risk to human health sounds like wishful thinking for true believers to me.
Your comparison of the A380, a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner capable of carrying 585, up to 853, people at 900 km/h for 15700 km, to a Jeep leaves me scratching my head.
Are you seriously suggesting A380's fly to Kunming to Tengchong?
Study: Air pollution causes loss of intelligence
发布者This study is extremely interesting, The researchers are primarily Chinese and the subjects were all Chinese. I tried to read the report but decided not to spend the $10 USD to download it.
One concern is the study is an "interdisciplinary collaboration" which in China can mean a pile on of names in search of published works. Also I could find many reports of the study being published but no mention of peer review.
An NPR article says "New paper finds that air pollution affects cognitive performance. A person with an average score under Chinese pollution levels would outperform 13% more test-takers under US air quality standards." Additionally, there is some skepticism by a scientist who studies brain damage.
I tend to be skeptical of Chinese research although this study adds to my concerns about the level of China's pollution, For several years I tracked birth defect rates in China but the information stopped being published when the birth defect rate in Beijing reached nearly 2%
NPR article: www.npr.org/[...]
China-South Asia Expo takes over Kunming
发布者China and Afghanistan share a short border on an ancient trade route. China has closed the border and is resisting Afghanistan's requests to reopen it. Related to the Uighur problem it is said.
China-South Asia Expo takes over Kunming
发布者Not yet anyway. China seems to prefer the Talban.
thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-military-base-in-afghanistan/
How to cook a spicy Yunnan specialty: Ghost chicken
发布者Try Yingjiang Daiweiyuan, 盈江傣味园.
昆明翠湖北路66号 66 Cuihu N Rd,
This was my favorite Dai place in the Green Lake area, in the north side of the street across from the park. The place fills up quickly for dinner so go early. Never had Ghost Chicken there but everything was excellent.
In interview, Yunnan Party chief stresses ending poverty
发布者My guess is that lowering poverty to zero is asymptotical because people are involved. As long as China maintains a $1 per day poverty line, the statistical eradication of poverty will always be impressive. If China adopts The World Bank $1.90 per day there would be a whole lot more people in poverty. Clearly that statistic would not be welcome.
I am not sure what "economic justice" is. Perhaps everyone that has less than someone else is a victim of unfair "economic justice." I suspect, however, that there is no such thing as quantifiable "economic justice" and the term will become an arrow in the social justice warrior's quiver in the struggle for equaity.
A recent tweet on twitter (complete and unedited):
"white women also owe women of color money. this is part of economic justice and justice in general. seeking the economic liberation of all women and the end of capitalism and patriarchy demands white women's accountability. this is possible. not neat or simple, but possible."