tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post5120722771627530282..comments2024-03-28T23:07:35.632-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Which has Worse Air? A Hazy Airport Smoking Lounge or a Major Chinese City?Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-48934197100453041572013-12-09T07:38:27.219-08:002013-12-09T07:38:27.219-08:00Bad air? Well, China is young in that regard, and ...Bad air? Well, China is young in that regard, and as typical repeats the excesses of youth, as related by Doyle--"we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the windowpanes" (in the Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, describing a "dense yellow fog")--or the Great Smog of '52 that killed so many. Foreign particulars must however not distract from addictions at home. Take a stroll across University Bridge and then down along Eastlake, around five or six in the afternoon, on a weekday, and enjoy the sights and sounds and smells of Americans shooting up on Carbon. In a hopeful sign, some wear patches (those wee little cars), though most remain too weak to walk, or where willing cannot, trapped by a system that demands drivers--and who wants to be cold and wet, and have their feet hurt, anyways? Inject that Carbon, and enjoy the rush of sweeping through the streets on high--like Ixion, slaves to their wheels.thrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057080636193592744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-33561154024380594942013-12-08T17:35:53.249-08:002013-12-08T17:35:53.249-08:00If we sell coal to China it should only be burned ...If we sell coal to China it should only be burned in facilities that conform to current US EPA standards.John Gagnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16422727289353058962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-41576674050578480972013-12-08T17:20:08.425-08:002013-12-08T17:20:08.425-08:00Contrary-wise, more coal builds industry, building...Contrary-wise, more coal builds industry, building more wealth, building a middle class demanding cleaner air. <br /><br />It happened here.Estoy_Listohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535132933228608287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77807971238979889702013-12-08T08:13:33.132-08:002013-12-08T08:13:33.132-08:00A comparison I'd be interested in seeing is be...A comparison I'd be interested in seeing is between a major Chinese city now and major Western cities in the 19th through mid-20th centuries.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155124764305778798noreply@blogger.com