tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6718336004984417498..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Global Voices on the Petrochemical IndustryMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18315818394403199732010-09-15T23:08:29.149+08:002010-09-15T23:08:29.149+08:00Beautiful bird!Beautiful bird!阿牛https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53408335234876454502010-09-12T22:33:31.897+08:002010-09-12T22:33:31.897+08:00"The issue really isn't the petrochemical...<i>"The issue really isn't the petrochemical industry so much as the way it is run..."</i><br /><br />I quite agree; they should be left alone to compete in the market without State granted favors either to themselves or their competitors and under a legal architecture in which they could be held to account for externalities.mikehttp://www.mirrorsignalmove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-6155608004092636402010-09-12T22:10:26.264+08:002010-09-12T22:10:26.264+08:00The issue really isn't the petrochemical indus...The issue really isn't the petrochemical industry so much as the way it is run.....Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-34102428562243801702010-09-12T22:00:47.195+08:002010-09-12T22:00:47.195+08:00" Natural resources brought to bear with inte...<b>" Natural resources brought to bear with intelligence, skill and dedication in the production of values to be exchanged on the market for the purpose of human survival and improvement. Sublime."<br />...<br />No, I won't advise Michael Turton to bike in that area! Not even with a N-95 mask!</b><br /><br />Indeed, the petroleum industry allows us to make N-95 masks, which we only need because of the petroleum industry.<br />[admitted exaggeration]Robert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12956389352825464115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-36750924081649338392010-09-12T18:50:31.943+08:002010-09-12T18:50:31.943+08:00" Natural resources brought to bear with inte..." Natural resources brought to bear with intelligence, skill and dedication in the production of values to be exchanged on the market for the purpose of human survival and improvement. Sublime."<br /><br />Fortunate that we're just passing but how about those residing in the periphery ?<br /><br />The local DPP government even approved the establishment of a big university in the area where the students cough and wheeze and sneeze every time the wind blows in their direction!<br /><br />"Love that chicken shit smell too, reminds me of my friends on the left."<br /><br />No, I won't advise Michael Turton to bike in that area! Not even with a N-95 mask!<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-64948283156330671162010-09-12T16:18:36.939+08:002010-09-12T16:18:36.939+08:00"If one passes the SYS highway between Rende,...<i>"If one passes the SYS highway between Rende, Tainan all the way to Kao Hsiung then you can see the dark smokes from gigantic smokestacks and smell the horrendous stingy irritaing chemical odor intermixed with the scent of chicken dung!"</i><br /><br />I make that drive quite a lot; great isn't it? Natural resources brought to bear with intelligence, skill and dedication in the production of values to be exchanged on the market for the purpose of human survival and improvement. Sublime. <br /><br />Love that chicken shit smell too, reminds me of my friends on the left.mikehttp://www.mirrorsignalmove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-76381997446655363992010-09-12T15:42:06.697+08:002010-09-12T15:42:06.697+08:00I do support the anti-petro movement; however, the...I do support the anti-petro movement; however, these ads haven't really addressed on the critical concern, which is clouding up the objective minds - the economy issue. Taiwanese are infamous for the greed for money (or just greed as a whole). Whatever movement that is tagged with "losing money" is bound to fail. I wonder how people could convince others if the government is putting that kind of tag on the propaganda again.Hansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59390802735555132212010-09-12T13:52:57.502+08:002010-09-12T13:52:57.502+08:00Yes, the DPP sellout on the environment is very sa...Yes, the DPP sellout on the environment is very sad. Hopefully the Kuokuang issue will turn some heads and change some minds.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-52028587315976074412010-09-12T13:15:50.871+08:002010-09-12T13:15:50.871+08:00Environmental protection and preservation is the m...Environmental protection and preservation is the most neglected issue in Taiwan . Both the KMT and DPP county leaders are allergic to discuss such issues in public.<br /><br />If one passes the SYS highway between Rende, Tainan all the way to Kao Hsiung then you can see the dark smokes from gigantic smokestacks and smell the horrendous stingy irritaing chemical odor intermixed with the scent of chicken dung!<br /><br />Nobody cares. Note that these areas are all governed by the DPP but their silence really is a mystery.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-16228480052284018312010-09-11T21:37:37.514+08:002010-09-11T21:37:37.514+08:00They've got spunk, but their leadership is not...They've got spunk, but their leadership is not serious: they are going to get stomped sooner or later and you know it Turton. <br /><br />I can already see it, and what makes me flinch in all this is not that idiot and his pink dolphins, but the deep sense of political cynicism this coming defeat may inflict among all those young Taiwanese journalists and activists.mikehttp://www.mirrorsignalmove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com