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It sounds terrible . What will happend in the future?! The research doesn't differentiate between seasons , and every one knows how polluted the air is in the w
by bluesky19283746 10mo ago
It sounds terrible . What will happend in the future?! The research doesn't differentiate between seasons , and every one knows how polluted the air is in the winter when everyone is heating their home and apartament.
- colinb 10mo agoOne more reason to look to an electrically heated future. Where I live the air becomes unpleasant in winter as some neighbours heat their homes by burning what i can only assume are old tires and horse carcasses.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 10mo agoI remember as a kid visiting the home of a relative who had an old oven for wood/coal heating, even though the primary heating was now a gas (natural gas not gasoline) heater. The old oven remained though, and was used as a self-emptying trash can. When it filled up, a fire was lit to empty it. I don't remember what the sorting rules were (I assume "does it burn well and not smell up the apartment too badly when lighting it") and how common plastic packaging was back then, but I'm sure that the emissions coming out from the chimney were not a concern.
- lm28469 10mo agoBurning clean dry wood in a modern well maintained wood stove is surprisingly efficient and relatively clean (+ renewable) Of course if you burn trash none of that matters, but it's already illegal in pretty much any advanced societies.
- colinb 10mo agooh, it's illegal where I live. But some people pretty clearly ignore that. Enforcement doesn't seem to be a thing. I think this is one of those laws that falls into the category of things that we just have to rely on people's good will to carry out. Like small-time littering and not cleaning up after your dog, some people just don't seem to care. FWIW, I think - based on not feeling my throat close up most of the time - that the number of people who do this is small.
- adrianN 10mo agoIn the future electric cars and heat pumps will improve the situation.
- edhelas 10mo agoAnd how the electricity will be made? Without any CO2 for sure! (or not... yet)
- rafaelmn 10mo agoWhat does CO2 emissions of electric power plants have with air quality in cities ?
- cinntaile 10mo agoPower plants are usually not placed inside cities. Less gasoline cars inside cities will definitely improve the local situation, not just limited to CO2.
- cowsandmilk 10mo agoCO2 isn’t particulate matter. But more importantly, larger percentages of our electricity is being made without burning things.
- hagbard_c 10mo agoNuclear power is a good option, wind and solar are usable for charging batteries - either EV batteries or storage banks which can be used to charge EV batteries. The problem with wind and solar is that there is no long-term storage solution as of yet but single-day storage is already achievable. Once enough nuclear capacity has been built up I foresee wind turbines disappearing from the landscape since they are cumbersome bird-killing eyesores. Solar power is there to stay since buildings need roofing anyway and we'll soon be at a point where the price difference between 'passive' roof cladding and PV 'panels' is close to negligible so it makes sense to install PV roof cladding and get some power for free, especially in places where air conditioning is popular.
- ozim 10mo agoYou still have break pads and tires particles floating around.