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Cars clean the air because the AC filters capture particles
by jbverschoor 1y ago
Cars clean the air because the AC filters capture particles
- aziaziazi 1y agoI clean the air because my lungs capture car particles.
- silon42 1y agoThat's why I have an e-bike, so I breathe less when cycling/commuting into the city.
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- aziaziazi 1y agoThere was a study [0] in Paris that demonstrates a signifiant positive benefit/risk ration of bicycling even in polluted air: the effect on physical and psychic health benefits largely outweighs (sometimes to x30) the risk of accidents and pollution disease. [0] (2012, french) https://www.ors-idf.org/nos-travaux/publications/les-benefices-et-les-risques-de-la-pratique-du-velo.html https://www.ors-idf.org/nos-travaux/publications/les-benefic...
- Tade0 1y agoMy city attempts to promote cycling, but hasn't bothered to first take care of the problem with people heating their homes with solid fuels like coal dust and whatnot. It's frustrating, because cycling during the heating season is not only unpleasant, but also unhealthy.
- tsoukase 1y agoTechnically we all disinfect the water through our kidneys too
- RhysU 1y agoExcluding those recently punched hard in the kidneys.
- HPsquared 1y agoSome diesel engines can clean the air, but only if the air coming in is very polluted. They'll catch and burn particulates, and they'll chemically scrub NOx. This only applies if the air outside is very polluted, though