While here in the U.S., what we started some forty years back, the lead in alternatives and clean energy, once leading in many economic and innovative issues that was blocked by the special interests and still is as our wealthy grow their wealth and not investments into economic growth, we fall more and more behind. Not only China but the many others who once envied what we were and had built!
China unveils plans to construct an “eco-city” by 2020
11.10.11. - While remaining in the thick of greenhouse-gas emissions, China has taken a surprising step in the green direction with plans to complete construction on a self-sustaining “eco-city” by 2020.
The Tianjin Eco-City, designed by Surbana Urban Planning Group to accommodate 350,000 residents, will span 30 square kilometers just 10 minutes from the bustling Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, according to media sources. The city will include a light-rail transit system and it is projected that 90 percent of transportation within city limits will consist of cycling, walking and public transportation. The city will rely on solar and wind power while also making use of recycled rainwater, desalinated seawater and treated wastewater. read more>>>
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