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NJRVer
May 25, 2017Explorer
ShinerBock wrote:Mortimer Brewster wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:dodge guy wrote:
what needs to happen now is other countries need to step it up, some pollute 10X more than the U.S.
but we are the only one sucker enough to carry the burden alone.
bumpy
It's easy to forget how bad the air pollution used to be. Remember the smog in Los Angeles in the 60's? Very comparable to Beijing today. Personally I'd rather breathe the air here. It's not fair that our emission standards are tougher, but someone has to lead.
It has recently been proven that a majority of that smog comes from China via the jet stream and is blocked by the Rocky Mountains so it stagnates in the southern California region. While emissions from the US compounded the issue, it is not the major cause. I have no doubts that if the jet stream did not carry China's air pollution to the US, then the air pollution in Los Angeles would not have been nearly as bad back then.
Back in the '60's and even the '70's China's manufacturing was almost non existent and I don't think even Mao had a car:B
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