Originally Posted by
moondog
While tough emissions laws/incentives may well have worked wonders in Los Angeles, I'm not convinced that similar laws would solve Beijing's problems.
Especially as local authorities are forging industry emission figures to protect state owned companies and private tycoons with good guangxi.
I know of a few cases where there is very convincing proof of a certain kind that emission figures recorded by local laboratories where later changed to keep them within allowed levels.