How could it not? The country is practically free of
industry. It has the world’s fewest power plants, the fewest factories, the
fewest incandescent light bulbs and the fewest automobiles. The satellite
pictures don’t lie, in the evening North Korea is shrouded in darkness with the
exception of the capital city, Pyongyang.
North Korea must be an environmentalist’s wet dream. It is
the ultimate conclusion of the Green Agenda. Fewer people consuming few
resources. There is less trash, less waste and less carbon emissions. No big
carbon foot prints here, in fact they’re in the negative. In North Korea there
is less of everything for everybody!
I’ll bet there are streams in North Korea that run totally
untouched by human development and forests undisturbed by the lumber industry
and condo and golf course developers. I’m sure much of the place has remained
as it was for centuries. How beautiful those forested hills must be.
I’ll bet there are plenty of vitamins and nutrients in the
soil as the North Korean peasants prepare “mud balls” to eat in a modern era
version of the epic film “The Good Earth”. I bet the poor farmers get to see
the soil yield sumptuous vegetables just before they are confiscated by the
army and sent to the capital city. I’m sure the animals run free. I’ll bet
there are Spotted Owls, Piping Plovers and normally endangered Timber Wolves
just roaming around undisturbed by the machinations of dirty, filthy
civilization.
Yes, North Korea is the ultimate state for nature
preservation and I’m sure all the residents are proud of it and wouldn't want it any other way.
That’s the real reason why they
are so secretive and have high walls and military guards on the border, so
people don’t find out how much of a green paradise it is and try to break in
and ruin the party.
We should study how they do it in North Korea, perhaps we can emulate them.
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