Taiwan's being named by Nature magazine as producing the largest amount of CO2 emissions of any power plant prompted a member of the environmental impact assessment commission that is reviewing a private power plant project in eastern Taiwan to write an article that appeared in the local press. Our heart goes out to those few commissioners of conscience who try and raise the real issues while participating in the window dressing exercises of Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency/Developer/Elected Representative clique. We have created an incredible nearly unstoppable pollution generation monster through a simple, three-step process:
1) Privatize energy generation, but keep distribution with the state-owned Taiwan Power Company
2) Taiwan Power is legally required to buy all energy generated, regardless of need
3) Keep the people in the dark as to where the money and energy are going and as to the true costs
Sixty years of isolation under the Chinese KMT rule and for the last eight years under the Taiwanese DPP rule, are taking their toll.