What makes Japan an environmentally friendly country?
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Japan is the host country of Kyoto protocol. Even though it’s a small island with dense population, it’s achieving good results in environment protection. It’s much less polluted compared to other big cities like Shanghai, Hong Kong. etc. What kind of policies or kulture do Japanese people follow?
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Answer by Louis Irving
Car ownership is low in the big cities. Mass transport systems are good, and generally cheap in the big cities. Japanese houses tend to be modern and energy efficient. Energy usage per capita is one of the lowest in the developed world. Still, there is considerable wastage of power. Nuclear power, which contributed about 30% of Japan’s electric, doesn’t emit greenhouse gases (except in the building and decomissioning of the plant). Solar and renewable energy looks to be getting a big boost in light of the Fukushima problems.
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#2 written by kyodai kame 11 months ago
A couple of thoughts:
Japan has little natural resources in its land and they import most of fuel.
The cost of energy is rather high. So people become to think energy saving is very important.Japan had experienced serious pollution back in 1960′s.
Since then, people became very conscious on environment.Their land are mountainous, and people live in very limited plane area mostly along coast. These dense and concentrated cities had build sophisticated train network before the era of automobile.
They also have developed the bullet train to connect these cities. They could make living without automobile in city area.Back in Samurai era, spartan way of living were considered one of their virtue.
Looking for luxury and amenities were considered to be immoral.Since ancient time, Japanese culture dislike foulness and aspire for purity.
It’s good advertisement showing big concern on the environment, for most of politicians and companies. Not many people oppose to environmentally friendly policy.
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#4 written by thecheapest902 11 months ago
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that has all changed with the land mass itself moving some 15 feet it has become environmentally unsound worst changes may be yet to come there