{"id":475486,"date":"2010-03-26T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/if-you-care-about-green-tech-move-to-china-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-03-26T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T12:14:00","slug":"if-you-want-to-be-green-move-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/475486","title":{"rendered":"If You Want To Be Green, Move To China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bac9fd17f8b9aca54640500\/investment-green-tech.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"investment green tech\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Even with many American disadvantages, it&#8217;s embarrassing to fall behind in green tech investment to a country with a 70% smaller economy.<\/p>\n<p>A new Pew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/uploadedFiles\/wwwpewtrustsorg\/Reports\/Global_warming\/G-20%20Report.pdf\">study<\/a> shows China slaughtering the U.S. in wind investment and keeping even with solar (via <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ft.com\/energy-source\/2010\/03\/26\/the-clean-energy-winner\/\">FT Alphaville<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Looking at investment compared to overall economy, China comes in third at 0.39%. America comes in eleventh at 0.13%.<\/p>\n<p>American disadvantages in the tech race are the same as any old generation trying to learn a new technology. We&#8217;ve already built the old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-myth-of-the-energy-breakthrough-2010-3\">infrastructure<\/a> and don&#8217;t see the need to change.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/were-excited-about-the-new-high-speed-trains-that-china-is-going-to-build-for-american-soil-2010-3\">The Sexy Chinese Bullet Trains Coming Soon To America &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/if-you-care-about-green-tech-move-to-china-2010-3#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/business-news\/jan-06-jeff-siegel-2010-1\">China: A Threat Or Opportunity For A Greener Future?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chinese-electric-cars-2010-1\">Will Chinese Electric Cars Dominate The Decade?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/business-news\/jan-06-jeff-siegel3-2010-1\">How Investors Can Jump On The Environmental Bandwagon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/NGLSYFeQHeEbQ4MhlYfIrhUNQoI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/NGLSYFeQHeEbQ4MhlYfIrhUNQoI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/NGLSYFeQHeEbQ4MhlYfIrhUNQoI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/NGLSYFeQHeEbQ4MhlYfIrhUNQoI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=Ek_fCKr9_GU:aQQsot7G5KY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/Ek_fCKr9_GU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with many American disadvantages, it&#8217;s embarrassing to fall behind in green tech investment to a country with a 70% smaller economy. A new Pew study shows China slaughtering the U.S. in wind investment and keeping even with solar (via FT Alphaville). Looking at investment compared to overall economy, China comes in third at 0.39%. 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