While US Vice President Dick Cheney denigrates the idea of energy conservation, China’s leaders have adopted a new five-year plan that commits the country to cut energy use by one-fifth, industrial pollution by one-tenth, and industrial water consumption by one-third. A 12% tax increase has been imposed on gas-guzzling cars, along with reductions for cars with small-engines, and a new 5% tax is being levied on wooden flooring and even chopsticks, which are estimated to use two million cubic meters of timber each year.
在美国副总统切尼诋毁能源节约理念的时候，中国的领导已经制定了一个新的五年计划，承诺该国将削减1/5的能源消耗量、1/10的工业污染、1/3的工业水消耗量。对高耗油性汽车的征税已经增加了12%，同时降低小排量汽车的征税。此外，对木制地板和木制筷子征收5%的税收，这两项估计每年消耗两百万立方米的木材。