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Bruce in San Jose, when I first started reading your comment I thought it was a joke. Then I read further and found that you were serious. The only thing I can figure out is that your on some bad acid trip or just plain goofy. Totalitarian nations have nothing to do with keeping industrial pollution at bay. In fact, they could care less. One thing about totalitarianism, you don't have to put up with all the people complaining about pollution, or safety for that matter, as long as the bottom line is met. Pretty much the same with communist nations.
I can see that your backing China's plan of world domination. I can only wish that we could dump your sorry self over there and see just how much you like not being able to make decisions for yourself and your family and being persecuted for your religion or political thoughts. But then again, that's what free nations is all about, letting dipsticks like yourself openly expressing yourself. The only thing that bothers me about that is that you can vote in elections....
To the subject at hand, the only way we are going to get ourselves out of this pollution pickle is to have international standards, but China and other communist nations won't play ball because it cost money to clean the air. As long as they can use cheap labor and not worry about pollution control standards they will continue to produce things cheaper and keeping themselves King of the Hill.....