China to build 97 new airports by 2020

China announced plans Saturday [26 Jan 2008] to build nearly 100 new airports by 2020 to cater for soaring demand. The proposals will mean eight out of every ten residents will live within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of an airport within 12 years, the General Administration of Civil Aviation said. It put the cost of building the 97 new airports at 450 billion yuan ($61.6 billion).

- 2020 will be 10 years after ASPO's projected global peak oil date of 2010. What are all these planes going to run on, biofuel? I think not! And what about all the metal that they are going to be made from? Somewhere along the line there will be a collision between demand and reality.

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