The Electrification of China

China has been doing an astounding job of reducing the use of fossil fuels for transport. Australia is lagging so far behind.

I am jealous that I can no longer be part of China’s advances. I was involved in the very early stages of China’s electrification and construction of its high speed rail system. It has been quicker and cheaper to catch a train between many Chinese cities than to catch a plane for many years now. I left Hong Kong and China where I had been leading the environmental planning of many major projects because I was smashed by a taxi running a red light on a pedestrian crossing in Paris. Unable to dress myself for 12 months I returned to Australia.

A little memento of my time at a celebratory dinner about the start of China’s high speed rail system is pictured below.

Chris Keefer has just put out a wonderful Decouple interview about China called “Electric Dreams”. Please listen to it! It is Australia that is living in a dream world. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/electric-dreams/id1516526694?i=1000686212266