Archive for August 18th, 2008
This week takes place in Stockholm the world water week. This is the occasion for me to focus on this vital resource for both Nature and Mankind.
This is even more interesting as water scarcity crises are more and more frequent at a global level and as nearly half of the world population (2.6 billion people) lacks sanitation.
Even if our planet seen from space is blue thanks to water, only one percent is available to consumption. This explains well the scarcity of this resource. Continue reading »
After last week’s article on the decreasing demand of SUV in the United States, my dad sent me an article mentioning a Chinese plan on taxing more large cars.
Even if this is not due to contribute much to the country’s objectives on cutting pollution and fossil fuel energy consumption, it is always an additional sign of the political will of China in reducing pollution.
The adopted system there is quite similar to the one adopted in France, but it won’t have the same results because of the lack of depth of the initiative. Continue reading »
