Modest Proposal - Air Pollution in China

Modest Proposal

My proposal is that no measures are needed to solve for China’s massive air pollution problem. Air pollution is super common around the world. China is not the only one country who faces pollution problems. So China government does not have to care much and  to take measures to control citizens' behavior. 

Firstly, air pollution in China is not severe. It has not brought too much bad effects. The 1.2 million premature deaths caused by outdoor air pollution in 2010 is not a great number, compared with the overall population of China, which is 1.3 billion. Also, diseases will still come even without air pollution. People are likely to have pneumonia, lung cancer and heart disease as well. 

Secondly, it is impossible to stop everyone from polluting the air, since China is so large in both land scale and population. For example, the restrictions made by the government on road use for private cars with specifically numbered license plates do not matter at all. Restrictions on private cars make people too inconvenient to go to work. Indeed, it makes little contribution to pollution reduction, compared to heavy industrial pollution caused by coal burning of factories, as statistics show that vehicles account for 30% of all air pollution and industrial pollution accounts for 40%.

Overall, China does not have to worry much about the air pollution. People can still drive their own cars instead of taking public transportation. No caps on new coal-fired power plants are needed. We can face masks when go on road. If you feel sick, you can visit the doctor, and then you will be fine.