Chinese Officials Paint Mountain Green
Posted on May 23, 2007
You know what really makes me want to plunge? Spray painting mountains green in order to answer calls for more attention to environmental protection. Not because I feel bad that there are many variants of spoken Chinese which are obviously mutually incomprehensible, or because $60,600 worth of toxic paint could have bought 13,060 pounds of Perenniall Ryegrass seeds (enough to cover 1,632,343 square feet). Nope, that’s no reason to plunge. However, passing up the opportunity to plant a fake forest with green cardboard is upsetting as the irony of using dead tree’s to restore the environment could have been viewed as a satirical political statement aimed at the world stating environmental issues are real and real action must be taken.
Ironically, many people speculate that “officials of the surrounding Fumin county, whose office building faces the mountain, were trying to change the area’s feng shui - the ancient Chinese belief of harmonizing one’s physical environment for maximum health and financial benefit” http://www.cbc.ca. If you’ve been paying attention, this means that government officials came to the conclusion that the best way to harmonize the environment for maximum health and financial benefit is by wasting money on destroying the environment which is necessary for good health…
Who would of thought it would ever be necessary to add a “this product is not recommended for use on mountains” label to spray-paint cans.
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