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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 18 hours agoAgreed. But 80% better than awful is still pretty bad.
The trend is what matters. China: electrification is going so fast it’s hard to follow. Pollution is going down very fast. The USA: cancel all plan to promote EVs and weaken regulation on gas cars: pollution is to go up. And that’s not including public transportation offset on the cars density, where China is basically 40 years ahead…
The cross-point on air quality might be much closer than you think.
Is it though? Have you been there or lived in a place with high smog and low air quality? Do you or your child have asthma? I made the comment simply as a note of the current condition - you sometimes literally can have a hard time seeing the city skyline in Beijing and I’ve never been to places like Hotan and other more industrial areas where it is worse.
Living or even visiting a place and saying it’s the trend that matters sounds like politician speak. Tell that to your lungs and brain while you sit in the pollution.
I lived in China for 6 years. I experienced smogs dense enough you couldn’t see a building 10m away.
I’ve been travelling to Shanghai on several occasions and went there again last year.
The improvement now vs 10years ago is dramatic! I’m not saying it’s all fine, but I will say this: now I live in Canada (Québec) and forest fires make the air here worse than what it is in Shanghai on a regular basis.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
But unlike the US, its air quality is trending positive, not negative.