Gas prices are rising in China too. The current price for 93 grade is 4.28 RMB/lt thats about US$.52 a liter. That is expensive when compared against local pay.

It is not only gas we should be concerned about but water too. Only 3% of the water on this planet is drinkable and much of that 3% polluted. Water conflicts have already started in many countries, countries daming rivers upstream of another etc, huge extraction rates, all resulting in dry river beds. The problem is bad and getting worse in China. There are very few water treatment plants, why? Well the cost of water here hardly covers the processing and cleaning. I pay about US$8 a month for my water when I lived in the UK it was the equivalent of USD75 a month. As a result and because the older houses are not metered many people just leave taps and hoses running.

There are alternative energy sources for gas but non alternative sources for water.