Every year more than 1,000,000 people die from the air pollution produced by burning fossil fuels.
WHO | Air quality and health
WHO | Air quality and health
Millions die from air pollution
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Simple solution: Ban cities. Poof no more urban air pollution. Also eliminates much of the market for fossil fuels.
Would it be something to be facetious about if it were your child or spouse dying of respiratory ailments?
Where they still get it Air masses move and pay no attention to urban divisions.
There goes the neighbourhood.
Every year thousands die at work. Should we all stop working because of that?
I call bullsh*t! You may want to differentiate between "cause" and "the straw that broke the camel's back". I'll bet 950 thousand already had severely compromised health, like malnutrition, Aids, dysentry, malaria, etc. etc. etc.
Air pollution occurs naturally, even in the absence of humans. Who cares about respritorilly compromized bunnies?
Oh I almost forgot, there is no such thing as fossil fuels.
Oh I almost forgot, there is no such thing as fossil fuels.
Well, surprise, surprise - no one has blamed Obama for this, yet. But it's a good bet someone will soon do so ....
There is only one obvious solution to this. Place every possible obstacle in the way of alternative energy.
Geography has a lot to do with this problem as well.. Los Angeles is surrounded by a mountain range that holds the pollution in a basin.
I wish Canada and the USA would push harder for a Hydrogen Hwy as they have in Norway.. it would help allot.
Fuel-cell car rally opens Norway's hydrogen highway | Reuters
I wish Canada and the USA would push harder for a Hydrogen Hwy as they have in Norway.. it would help allot.
Fuel-cell car rally opens Norway's hydrogen highway | Reuters
That would be the sociopathic thing to do, which is fully consistant with modern political and business practices. Why build something for the future when you can kill a whole lot of people now?
Right. I always find it amusing that such feeble objections are made to alternative energy sources; the most frequent one being that it costs more than other sources such as coal fired power plants. However, this is always done without factoring in environmental and health costs that coal-fired plants create. Pumpng tons of mercury into the atmosphere can't be good for anyone.
Every year thousands die from fevered brains. You should rest yours before it gets too hot.
Geography has a lot to do with this problem as well.. Los Angeles is surrounded by a mountain range that holds the pollution in a basin.
I wish Canada and the USA would push harder for a Hydrogen Hwy as they have in Norway.. it would help allot.
Fuel-cell car rally opens Norway's hydrogen highway | Reuters
Geography does have a lot to do with how it spreads. It does not, though, have anything to do with the source.
It is not that simple. Even in the city of Toronto, where those maladies are not a factor, the Health authorities clain that up to 1000 die each year from pollution caused illness.
Even without the externalities factored in , Wind Power is already cheaper than coal. Most alternatives are now cheaper than new traditional sources of energy.
There is no economic argument to be made any more.