MUST READ Friedman

[greenman3610]

Given the current crisis in the US Auto industry,
this assessment of where US technology is
going is must reading:



China's Little Green Book

http://www.pekingduck.org/archives/003101.php

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 2, 2005
BEIJING

There are only about 60 gold-standard green buildings in the world - that is, buildings certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as having been made with the materials and systems that best reduce waste, emissions and energy use. One of those buildings is in Beijing - China's Ministry of Science and Technology, at 55 Yuyuantan Nanlu Street.

I toured it the other day with Robert Watson from the Natural Resources Defense Council, who advised China in designing the building. What struck me most was how much stuff in China's greenest building was labeled "Made in China."
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As green technologies get adopted here and gain scale - Mr. Perkowski cited a Chinese auto company now rushing to develop a green diesel engine for passenger cars - the Chinese will set the standards for the world.

"So they will become technology exporters rather than importers,"


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