Description: China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse, Hardcover by Smith, Richard, ISBN 0745341551, ISBN-13 9780745341552, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US As the world hurtles towards environmental oblivion, China is leading the charge. The nation's CO2 emissions are more than twice those of the US with a GDP just two-thirds as large. China leads the world in renewable energy yet it is building new coal-fired power plants faster than renewables. The country's lakes, rivers, and farmlands are severely polluted yet China's police state can't suppress pollution, even from its own industries. This is the first book to explain these contradictions. Richard Smith explains how the country's bureaucratic rulers are driven by nationalist-industrialist tendencies that are even more powerful than the drive for profit under 'normal' capitalism. In their race to overtake the US they must prioritise hyper-growth over the environment, even if this ends in climate collapse and eco-suicide. Smith contends that nothing short of drastic shutdowns and the scaling back of polluting industries, especially in China and the US, will suffice to slash greenhouse gas emissions enough to prevent climate catastrophe.
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Book Title: China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: China's Engine of Environmental Collapse
Publisher: Pluto Press
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Green Business, Asia / General, Environmental Economics
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.6 Oz
Subject Area: Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Richard Smith
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Library Binding
