Musings, recommendations and the occasional soapbox

Last week I shared my thoughts following a recent family trip to China. Today, on Earth Day, I'll share a few photos that capture a lot of different things in three frames. To support humanity's needs and many many wants, we are currently asking more of the earth than the laws of physics and simple math allow.

I just got back from a 10 day family trip to China, specifically Beijing and Taiyuan. A few things struck me.

China has developed at a pace that most Americans can’t appreciate unless they’ve been there multiple times over decades. There is much good that has come out of this. Economic development has lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty, and created a huge, well-educated middle class. At the same time, in China, you are smacked in the face by the implications of this growth on resources.