My thoughts are if we stay there may be chance to educate others that would not normally see information . If we all go elsewhere until forced then we become like the other side and create our own echo chamber . IT might be worth hanging around . <| sep |> what area are you stuck at ? <| sep |> Even if you only look at China ' s most urban , developed , eastern seaboard , the per capita emissions are still far below that of the US . You ' re right in that the Party has a habit of solving problems with a sledgehammer rather than a chisel , but when that sledgehammer gets you the 22 , 500 MW Three Gorges Dam , the largest power station in the world , maybe it ' s not so bad ? Sure it ' s not ideal , but maybe environmental and humanitarian damage are also necessary sacrifices for the largest hydroelectric projects and the greenest , most advanced passenger rail system in the world ? If they weren ' t maybe some other country could have pulled it off with less collateral damage .