Power plant, I cry for you

Author: Wu Hui
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Will the Yangtze River run dry in 20 years? In 20 years, will the multi-billion yuan South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which we have built, have no water to transfer? In 20 years, will our West Lake, Guangdong, Guangxi, and the "Land of Abundance" also turn into a wasteland like present-day Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and northern Shaanxi? In 20 years, will the entire China be covered in bare mountains, with large-scale crop failures, and will we return to the "hunger years" of the 1960s? Are these alarmist claims? Yes, many people think so, including many high-level decision-makers who have not realized the danger we face. The vast China is proving the old saying—like a blind man riding a blind horse, walking into a deep pool at midnight.
Thermal power generation may be cheap, but it is like a stale biscuit. For every 5 yuan we spend on it, we must spend an additional 50 yuan on medical treatment. If we consume more, even spending 5,000 or 50,000 yuan, we cannot buy back our lives. Coal-fired power generation—a disaster that is approaching us.
In 20 years, will the Yangtze River run dry? In 20 years, will the multi-billion yuan South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which we have built, have no water to transfer? In 20 years, will our West Lake, Guangdong, Guangxi, and the "Land of Abundance" also turn into a wasteland like present-day Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and northern Shaanxi? In 20 years, will the entire China be covered in bare mountains, with large-scale crop failures, and will we return to the "hunger years" of the 1960s? Are these alarmist claims? Yes, many people think so, including many high-level decision-makers who have not realized the danger we face. The vast China is proving the old saying—like a blind man riding a blind horse, walking into a deep pool at midnight.
Thermal power generation may be cheap, but it is like a stale biscuit. For every 5 yuan we spend on it, we must spend an additional 50 yuan on medical treatment. If we consume more, even spending 5,000 or 50,000 yuan, we cannot buy back our lives. Coal-fired power generation—a disaster that is approaching us.