Blog 9: China's irrigation system guilty of massive pollution'

The underground irrigation system in china has been responsible for polluting the atmosphere with up to thirty megatonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
we all know that china pollution the largest amount of greenhouse gas each year, with around seventeen percent of its emissions coming from agriculture.This type of pollution is caused by the huge amount of energy needed to pump water from underground, up to a depth of 70m.
Environmentalists are now conducting studies to calculate how much pollution is being created by this monstrosity of emissions.The research at east Anglia university used survey data collected from 366 villages. they analyzed these results to calculate the emissions created by groundwater that goes across china's remaining villages. The results accounted for more than .5 percent of china's total carbon dioxide emissions. that is similar to the total amount of carbon dioxide in new zealand for a whole entire year! China is now coming up with a water grid to map out current pollution. however, the plans may be delayed because of the cost and difficulty to set up.

I think this article is a good article. China is in trouble with water pollution, air pollution, and is very detrimental to all people in the environment, also including the environment  itself. The irrigation system is not perfect in other countries but it does seem that china's outlook is not doing so well. China will really need to step up its policies before making another mistake. The whole country needs to fix current problems instead of making new ones.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/14/03/2012/131922/39China39s-irrigation-system-guilty-of-massive.htm?printerfriendly=true