pstarr wrote:They don't have the rare luxury of spending a good part of their waking hours stuck in traffic jams?
seenmostofit wrote:pstarr wrote:They don't have the rare luxury of spending a good part of their waking hours stuck in traffic jams?
Oh, they are progressing quite well I think. Beijing is a wonderful place!
Sixstrings wrote:Firstly, what does China pay for oil. Is it necessarily the same as us or do they cut better deals / cheaper prices from Iran or rogue states.
Second.. they drive smaller cars
Third.. still lots of bikes, scooters
Fourth.. I think their gov subsidizes gas prices?
Fifth.. they have a big middle class now that's not so poor, as big as our entire population, 300 million people.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
pstarr wrote:SeaGypsy wrote:Pops has nailed the main part, Tanada's point also and another- Public Servants in China get paid peanuts by comparison to those in the west. We all have giant lecherous and expensive bureaucracies. The only way to get rich in China is entrepreneurism, whichever shade of gray.
You don't believe the Communist Chinese government is giant, lecherous, and expensive?
cephalotus wrote:
"...Americans use more energy per capita than any other [large] country, and have nothing to show for it..."
http://www.vaclavsmil.com/uploads/smil- ... 201111.pdf
seenmostofit wrote:cephalotus wrote:
"...Americans use more energy per capita than any other [large] country, and have nothing to show for it..."
http://www.vaclavsmil.com/uploads/smil- ... 201111.pdf
Oh, certainly we have something to show for it. A Hummer is certainly something to show for it, and the most powerful military the world has ever seen ain't too bad either.
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