Quote:
Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans
CNN just showed a clip of Beijing and it's friggin' disgusting. Visibility is a few hundred yards at best with the air absolutely filled with smog... gross.
And this is AFTER the government has already imposed numerous initiatives to get the pollutant content down. Apparently, if things don't improve soon -- like a few days soon -- the government is planning on banning 90% of all vehicles to see if that will work.
|
Actually, I can see the non-environmentalists scoring a win if banning most vehicles doesn't work. It might go to show that cars are only a minuscule fraction of contributors to air quality, and therefore any problem lies beyond simple car exhausts.