China boasts some of the most creative, diverse and downright ridiculous forms of transportation or \u4ea4\u901a\u5de5\u5177 (ji\u0101ot\u014dng g\u014dngj\u00f9) that I have ever seen. While I love crashing in hard sleeper trains, getting lightheaded in the back of tuolaji three wheelers (\u62d6\u62c9\u673a), and taking cheap crosstown taxi rides, I am aware of the large amounts of pollution spewing from the engines and tailpipes. Lets face it, China is too populated of a country for everyone to burn gasoline and coal like the US.<\/p>\n
Even amidst congested and overcrowded metropolises, the emergence of the private automobile is proving incredibly detrimental to clean development (not to mention clean air).\u00a0As China modernizes, the number of private autos added to the road each year will increase at an exponential rate until there are too many cars and not enough lane space to hold them. Further, the huge congestion problems created by \u00a0high concentrations of automobiles turns toxic when stagnating, choking out locals and adding to health problems. It’s not surprising then that China is turning alternatives to smog emitting vehicles–some of which are common place in the rest of the world–others are entirely out there (but still ingenious).<\/p>\n
Electric Vehicles:<\/strong><\/p>\n China is already staking out its claim in electric vehicles (EV) and looks to implement fleets of electric buses or () while providing subsidies for private electric car or \u7535\u52a8\u6c7d\u8f66 (di\u00e0n d\u00f2ng q\u00ec ch\u0113)\u00a0ownership.<\/p>\n