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China's Pollution?

The problem with this story from gizmodo, "China’s Pollution Is So Insane You Can See It From Space" is that it really doesn't make much sense to call this "China's Pollution".

For one thing, wherever you live, you're breathing the same air. I won't pretend to be an expert on global air movement or the spread and dispersion of airborne pollutants. But I do know that we share the same planet and so the same environment. Inevitably, things that we do to it in one place have repercussions everywhere else - be they environmental, political, economic, etc. We see all kinds of artificial differences and boundaries that simply do not accurately reflect the realities of what it means for 7 billion people to all share a planet together.

Secondly, they are not creating all of that pollution just meeting the needs and wants of China. To no small extent, we're encouraging literally paying them to do it.

(If I paid you to commit a murder, is that your murder or our murder?)

Picture living in a delightful little house a on hill next to a beautiful lake, or maybe overlooking the ocean. Now imagine that a factory opens up right next to your house, polluting the air and the water, and generally disrupting your life. How would you feel about that?

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