On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality is ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755

[swebonny]

[QUOTE=BCell;39229230]How are those people still alive! In fact how in the world is ANYTHING still alive there, even bacteria?[/QUOTE]

Because this is just a spike.

[editline]15th January 2013[/editline]

It's at 64 now, from previous 900+.

It's still above UN standards though.

Edit:

Oh, I should probably mention that they shut down loads of factories and pulled government cars from the roads.

So that should give you an idea where the dirty air comes from.

[Otsegolation]

It's probably so their people die by the age 30. You know, so they don't have to pay extra when their slaves start to get old.

[Demache]

[QUOTE=Super_Noodle;39229309]The cars definitely have a big part in this. If their emissions standards are as lenient as their safety standards, then those cars are probably gushing out tons of toxic shit.

I wonder if they even require cat converters in China.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/02/content_344758.htm[/url]

Apparently, as of 2004, they have adopted Euro-II standards (as an American, I'm not necessarily sure what that entails). So they must have some regulations.

[Pierrewithahat]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;39229202]On top of this many people are smokers. Can you imaggine the damage done to their lungs?[/QUOTE]

You'd probably suffer less if you just straight up started huffing pulverised rock and asbestos.

[ihop]

I imagine this is what City 17 would have looked like if valve hadn't cut the air-exchange.

[JennyC6]

[QUOTE=Demache;39229839][url]http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/02/content_344758.htm[/url]

Apparently, as of 2004, they have adopted Euro-II standards (as an American, I'm not necessarily sure what that entails). So they must have some regulations.[/QUOTE]

Far as I know they grandfathered all the filthy old cars in, so it really doesn't do much. Plenty of terrible, smokey two strokes clattering down Bejing's roads.

Also doesn't do much for the coal plants.

[Demache]

[QUOTE=TestECull;39230760]Far as I know they grandfathered all the filthy old cars in, so it really doesn't do much. Plenty of terrible, smokey two strokes clattering down Bejing's roads.

Also doesn't do much for the coal plants.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I figured that it doesn't mean jack for cars made before that date.

[ryfry]

For people in the states [url]http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.fcsummary&stateid=6[/url]. I can't believe how low New York and LA are in comparison to Beijing.