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Why Delhi, Beijing, Chongqing? Why not ask the old-timers who grew up in LA ( cf. https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/las-smoggy-past-in-photos https://www.kcet.
by 1024core 10y ago
Why Delhi, Beijing, Chongqing? Why not ask the old-timers who grew up in LA ( cf. https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/las-smoggy-past-in-photos https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/las-smoggy-past-in-photos ), for instance? Or how about asking someone who was in Cleveland in June 1969, when the Ohio river caught fire? ( https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/63 https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/63 )
Compare those times to today, and you can see the impact of the EPA. Right here, at home.
- notadoc 10y agoMostly because we don't have a time machine, and anecdotes are often less impactful than direct experience. The scale, level of filth, and complete disregard for the environment in modern China and India is incomparable to anything ever seen in the USA anyway.