--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
They have
> more to gain from shutting some of their most
> polluting dinosaurs (which
> already struggle financially) than from keeping them
> on life support: new
> Western technologies and investments, eco-tourism
> and an improved public
> image.
>
> Wojtek
>
>
O God could Russia benefit from ecotourism. 75% of the country is untouched wilderness. Siberia, the taiga, the Caucasus, Lake Baikal...
Air quality has improved considerably in Russia since 1991 as the only positive side of the collapse of a lot of heavy industry. Then again it's counterbalanced somewhat in the cities, as there are a lot more cars: 10% of Muscovite families owned a car in 1991. Now it's 50% (with a larger population too!).
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