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Pollution map don't lie... and what about kids who live near plants
by ShinyLeftPad 2mo ago
Pollution map don't lie... and what about kids who live near plants
- codecutter 2mo agoLet's not compare Delhi or Mumbai in monsoon season. Get the readings from Delhi in summer or winter and then see the pollution yourself.
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agoMeanwhile I was replying to a comment that just cherry-picked a day. Yes, autumn is the brief good time in Beijing due to prevailing winds, shrug.
- ZeroGravitas 2mo agoCherry picking a single day to try to demonstrate a widely accepted trend is lazy journalism. Cherry-picking to try to portray the opposite of the generally accepted truth is much more problematic.
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agoI agree. Some guy picks some specific a day in the past, says "look China good". Another one picks a random day (today) and it paints a diff picture. Meanwhile generally accepted truth rooted in facts is the number of coal plants and generally policies that put manufacturing first. individuals using EVs don't make a dent
- thelastgallon 2mo agoGlad to hear Delhi solved its air pollution by doing nothing. Delhi's success stody is being studied by experts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution_in_Delhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution_in_Delhi
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agoI didn't say Delhi solved pollution, I said Beijing didn't