Thursday, January 31, 2013

China's love affair with cars is choking city air

BEIJING (AP) ? Endless lines of slow-moving cars emerge like apparitions and then disappear again into the gloom of the thick smog that has shrouded Beijing and reduced its skyline to blurry gray shapes.

With more than 13 million cars sold in China last year, motor vehicles have emerged as the chief culprit for the throat-choking air pollution in big cities especially Beijing.

As the Chinese middle-class expanded dramatically over the last 20 years, cars became the new symbol of prosperity. With the economy continuing to grow, the love affair with cars will only bloom more, and is already posing a challenge for dealing with the hazardous air pollution in urban China that has a widespread impact on health, productivity and quality of life.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-love-affair-cars-choking-city-air-093231557.html

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