Just back from China, and it was a most interesting trip. We worked hard on our research proposal on China’s global rise and the impact this will have / is having on natural resource extraction in South Africa and Brazil. As part of the programme we visited a petro-chemical company, which looks something like this:
While I had seen images of these Dark Mills before, being in the middle of it is quite something else and made a big impression. In this particular area they foremostly focus on making all kinds of plastics that we use in our daily lives…
N0w back from the trip we need to further work out the project proposal and make it into something that cannot possibly be rejected!
Bram Büscher 
That’s interesting.
keep on going!
Your father
Henk
The picture makes me think of what was once said about Pittsburgh (USA): “hell with the lid off” … a place where white collar workers came home as “brown” collar workers …
And of course it also makes me think of the protests in Japan in the 1960s and 70s for the illnesses being caused by polluting industries …
When I was in Cambodia a few years ago, I wondered is there not any way to help countries “industrilaize/modernize” without causing harm to the health of the local populace ? I suppose the answer is no …
-Alyne
PS Your site looks great! 🙂
omg that place looks horrible!
Ha die Bram, keep up the fight!
William Blake sung (1804):
“…And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold;
Bring me my arrows of desire;
Bring me my spear; o clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s (Chinese) green and pleasant land.”