environmentally friendly like nuclear power? what "alternatives". You are talking fantasy. There are no magic energy sources. solar-wind-etc are always minor players. Making energy makes waste. period. There will not be a revolution in energy source.
it isnt about just oil. China is already a manufacturing giant that is stealing manufacturing work from every country. They have an almost endless supply of ccheap labor, and highly educated workforce as well. Damn near everything you buy is made or partly made in asia, that aint gonna change. Japan works at an efficiency level the rest of the world cant match. They have almost no unemployment, and there is only middle class and up, there is almost no such thing as poor. Those who believe that japan is only good for cars and tv's have blinders on.
I work in a global function and I deal with these issues daily.
better teach your kids to bow....end of my lecture
Exactly, they don't beleive in intellectual property. Have you seen the knockoffs of the Smart car, Mercedes Benz C-class, Honda's CR-V, BMW's X-5, among others. That is a no, no in other countries.
Maybe the wheels may fall off the cart when laborers want higher wages...but that might be in the future. Because there is such a devide in the Rich and poor, it might be exploited. But what also might happen it that since they cannot come up with their own ideas, let alone identity, companies may start leaving China for India or African nations.
China, i doubt will be a true power. They have never historically done well relating to other nations, and one of the real reasons why there is almost 2 Billion poeple in China is because the Chinese never explored outside of China's borders like the West has. China has maintained a non-exploritory type of mentality. If they did we might be celebrating Thanksgiving.
