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AzalKH wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:22 am
Certainly noticeable in the Koh Pich area, buildings a couple of hundred metres away have a distinct desaturated look compared to normal
And that should be a good area with the breeze. Yesterday was riding the bike on the other side after the ferry from naga and could barely breathe. They are burning stuff everywhere.
So apart from the food, 12 year olds on scooters, mosquitoes with killer diseases, rice wine labelled up as vodka, bus drivers off their heads on meth, I now have to worry about air quality, KOW, !!!, I wonder every day how I am still alive
Exhaust fumes are a big impact. These high readings are typically in the morning at around 8am during the rush hour. Bangkok has horrendous reading around that time at certain locations.
Unfortunately, there is only one sensor here, it's over by Olympic Stadium so the data is not great. Most cities have dozens of monitors so the data is a bit more impressive.
mcam wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 9:10 am
What causes the poor air quality? You look at the world map and it's only Asia which has these high levels
Loads of (old) cars and trucks
Massive construction
Massive (and I mean MASSIVE) unfiltered rubbish burning outside of the main centers
Burning of leaves / grass etc in the countryside
and maybe the most important one:
No rain washing out the dust, so dust can build up for days or even weeks