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The right (Conservative) and far right (Reform) parties both say they will abolish low-emission zones and other measures to reduce pointing traffic. They made it into a culture war topic.
The right latches onto anything where a small minority are upset and amplify it. They are the ultimate rage baiters.
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The right (Conservative) and far right (Reform) parties both say they will abolish low-emission zones and other measures to reduce pointing traffic. They made it into a culture war topic.
Fact check, the conservatives want to block the expansion into outer London. Reform wants to end them all.
China has 350 million electric two-wheelers, 20 million EVs. China reduced air pollution from transportation by 80% in a decade. Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19. How China cleaned up its air pollution – and what that meant for the climate: https://theconversation.com/how-china-cleaned-up-its-air-pol...
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I’ve often wondered about this. Does the area immediately above where the gas stove was have an exhaust fan that vents to atmosphere? I would have assumed a properly specced exhaust fan would capture and remove combustion products from a gas stove?
Can you smell what's being cooked on the gas stove? If so, the combustion products from the stove are also reaching your nose.
On the other hand, when water turns into steam at standard atmospheric pressure, it expands in volume by about 1,700 times.
Whereas the gas in your stove is already a vapour, mostly methane, turning in to mostly water vapour and carbon dioxide. So the expansion ratio isn’t going to be anywhere near as high as that.
I’d say you’re still right.
Still, I wonder to what extent an exhaust fan does help.
If the exhaust fan can vent x cubic feet per minute and the room is y cubic feet in volume then it takes z minutes to full ventilate the room, etc etc.
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The street isn't the problem. Cars and trucks are. If those streets were filled with people walking, cycling, etc., the health penalty of living next to one would vanish overnight.
A street full of EVs in a traffic jam is also pretty good. No exhaust pollution and low tire wear due to low speeds and low acceleration.
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I’ve often wondered about this. Does the area immediately above where the gas stove was have an exhaust fan that vents to atmosphere? I would have assumed a properly specced exhaust fan would capture and remove combustion products from a gas stove?
Air molecules move randomly at over 300 meters per second (not coincidentally close to the speed of sound).
You’d sure notice if the air in your kitchen was swooshing around at 671 miles per hour.
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Fact check, the conservatives want to block the expansion into outer London. Reform wants to end them all.
Ironic, considering it was Johnson that started it before Khan "took the flak"
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Until one has a battery thermal runaway event. Or an entire truckload of batteries catches fire. StasheD is an engineer and firefighter, quite eye opening. https://youtu.be/diaUMNONpvw?si=7lxYS8iJHLvCTUkt
One might similarly note the awe-inspiring destructive power demonstrated by tanker trucks of fuel catching fire and causing interstate bridges to collapse. https://archive.ph/VadwU : Tanker Truck Fire Collapses Bay Area Overpass https://archive.ph/4INYw : I-95 Overpass Collapses in Philadelphia After a Tanker Fire
Lithium ion battery fires less so.
Surly you don’t mean to imply that a sufficiently large lithium ion battery fire couldn’t burn down a bridge?
> strongest evidence yet that local clean air zones could help reduce some of the harm caused by pollution during childhood. It's incredible this is even in debate. It's one of those intuitive things well known since the reduction of coal burning and smog during the industrial revolution in London?
The right (Conservative) and far right (Reform) parties both say they will abolish low-emission zones and other measures to reduce pointing traffic. They made it into a culture war topic.