Sunday, 14 September 2008

Someone do something about this air pollution

This air pollution is horrifying.

Right now, I can hardly see Lamma Island and everything else is blurry. Outlaying islands are invisible. 
I can go outside and smell industrial waste, which I last encountered in mainland China. The weather is so hot. The only good thing is the low humidity - 55%. 

We all need to go sue all the electrical companies for creating so much particle pollution that has been proven to cause heart attacks in elderly people. Combine that with those mooncakes and restaurant dinners we are going to have today or tomorrow, and maybe people will start dying.

2 comments:

Samuel Poon said...

Yes, but we're partly to blame ourselves - we use electricity, as well as electricity-intensive (in both manufacture and usage) goods. But then that's no reason for poor regulation and the lack of air-scrubbers.

Also on news: hottest mid-autumn festival for 13 years.

The weather is also to blame - the typhoon is giving us high pressure, which means clear weather (good view of the moon) but little/no wind.

Eugene said...

Well, firms have to sell us electricity in the first place, and we don't get to decide which power station to use or what fuel they use or their daily production.

Also, we probably aren't the ones which are creating most of it. Some wind from China may have swept it over.

I was riding for 1 hour on Saturday and Sunday and the horses seem to have to breath harder. The temperature (around 34 degrees c) guarantees a very wet shirt afterwards.

Clear weather? Ok, but the smog makes it look much more dull.