[nitrogen]

Is it really that difficult to understand that some of us have the foresight to realize that China's method of interfacing with its environment is not something that we want to see tarnishing a yet-untarnished planet?

What does it mean to "tarnish" a lifeless planet? Or even Earth for that matter? Every single kilogram of hazardous material on Earth was here long before humans evolved; all we're doing is moving around what occurs naturally. In the worst case, the same would be true of Mars.

[soperj]

That's not actually true. Case in point, cfcs.