Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
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Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
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#2Literally a dumpster fire.
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#3Farmers burning their fields, again.
Some of the reasons it's done (in many places) are discussed here:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Bush_burning_before_planti...
Alternatives are discussed here:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/black-carbon-environm...
Re: Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
#4What do US farmers do with the plant stubbles? Just till them back into the soil?
Re: Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
#5It's one thing to read about it but it was such a nightmare to actually live in Delhi.
My eyes were constantly watery and some of my friends actually had trouble breathing.
Last I went there the Delhi govt was using fire brigades to sprinkle water on trees in an effort to reduce it.
Though my eyes had started burning within hours of landing. Maybe it was psychological.
I am so much happier having moved to another part of India. I guess I'm lucky that my job doesn't require me to stay in a fixed place but I feel really sorry for my friends who are going through this, especially as Diwali is coming and it's gonna get so much worse.
Re: Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
#6It's one thing to read about it but it was such a nightmare to actually live in Delhi. My eyes were constantly watery and some of my friends actually had trouble breathing. Last I went there the Delhi govt was using fire brigades to sprinkle water on trees in an effort to reduce it. Though my eyes had started burning within hours of landing. Maybe it was psychological. I am so much happier having moved to another par…
Where have you moved if i may ask?
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#7It always was bad. Certain parts of the city you simply could not visit. You would constantly cough, some sort of nitrous compounds I think. The only time you could go out running was around 4am. Packs of wilds dogs ruled the streets during the early hours. Running with an ice axe made it safer...
Re: Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
#8What do US farmers do with the plant stubbles? Just till them back into the soil?
That's what's done in Germany. Just plow it under
Re: Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
#9Farmers burning their fields, again. Some of the reasons it's done (in many places) are discussed here: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Bush_burning_before_planti... Alternatives are discussed here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/black-carbon-environm...
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#10“Methods deployed by the AAP government to tackle pollution have included the sprinkling of water on roads to reduce dust and the building of two 80ft high “smog towers”, costing more than $2m each, that are supposed to clean the air but have been deemed by scientists to be largely ineffective.”
https://youtu.be/h6l1IK9QpSg?si=7kFf_3a1raiMB33r
Smog tower looks pretty small. I am not hopeful.