Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Fresh air for sale - coming soon !

 Chen Guangbiao, believed to be one of China's richest individuals, has begun selling "fresh air in soft drink cans" for about 5 Chinese Yuan ($0.80). The canned air reportedly comes in a variety of flavors, including "pristine Tibet",  "post-industrial Taiwan" and "revolutionary Yan'an", the Communist Party's early base area. Chen said he wanted to make a point that China's air was turning so bad that he was calling attention to the issue facing China.

"Every day, we are inhaling the exhaust fumes of cars," Chen told China's Sina News last year. "And now we have pollution-free air to sell. If there's a serious effort made to sell [these products], a sale of more than a hundred million in the first year should not be a problem," said Chen  "If we don't start caring for the environment then after 20 or 30 years our children and grandchildren might be wearing gas masks and carry oxygen tanks," Chen said many of China's entrepreneurs were "sacrificing their descendants" for the sake of short term profits.

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