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Dirtier trucks * China - Cleaning up Chinese pollution would be tough, but it has to be done
China, has won the race as the world's leading contributor to global warming
Long Beach,CA,USA -The Long Beach Press-Telegram -16 Dec 2007: -- As the U.S. in general and California in particular mandate tougher emission rules on trucks and the diesel fuel they burn, China, the source of so much of our imports, has won the race as the world's leading contributor to global warming... Small wonder: Because there are price controls on diesel fuel, the country's state-run oil refiners lose money on every gallon of diesel they sell. Those price controls also give refiners reasons to use the cheapest, dirtiest, most sulphurous crude they can get away with. Most of the 10 million trucks on China's roads burn diesel that has 130 times the amount of sulphur sold in diesel fuel in the U.S.... The result is a ban on daytime trucking in some cities. By morning, however, the diesel soot blocks out the sun. It's not only an aesthetic problem. Diesel soot gets embedded deep in people's lungs, where cancer can develop... Ironically, as China's booming economy expands, and roads are improved, transport time could be reduced. Except that diesel fuel is rationed, so that a truck driver might get as much as a quarter tank of diesel, or as little as five gallons. For that, he has to wait in line - his truck idling all the while - for up to 10 hours. A trip that took three days on the old roads could be cut by a day on improved roads, but winds up taking four days because of fuel stop delays...(Video from YouTube, by HokaYona -May 22, 2007: "A Taxi Ride in China " Yen going ther now to them there airport what was placing drive havings to go there at that time)
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