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The paradox: The West burns more fossil fuels per capita but has healthier air
« on: March 31, 2023, 05:58:08 am »
The paradox: The West burns more fossil fuels per capita but has healthier air
https://www.iqair.com/us/world-air-quality-report
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By Jo Nova

The trend is clear: Burning more fossil fuels per person means less polluted air
Tell the world: two weeks ago a new study showed Australians and New Zealanders breathe the cleanest air on Earth. Not far behind them are people in the US, Canada, most of western Europe and Japan.

Naturally, hypnotized journalists  either ignored the story or repeated the magic spell conclusions that fossil fuels were to blame, along with wildfires “caused by climate change”. All of them momentarily forgetting that Australians burn more fossil fuels per capita than nearly anywhere on Earth and are also renown for wildfires so big they drop ash on New Zealand.

The best air in the world turns out to be in nations that burn a lot of fossil fuels per person. The most polluted air is in poorer nations, poor sods.

Report: Only six countries met ‘healthy’ air quality standards in 2022

https://joannenova.com.au/2023/03/the-paradox-the-west-burns-more-fossil-fuels-per-capita-but-has-healthier-air-top-six-in-un-list/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-paradox-the-west-burns-more-fossil-fuels-per-capita-but-has-healthier-air-top-six-in-un-list
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Re: The paradox: The West burns more fossil fuels per capita but has healthier air
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2023, 10:08:32 am »
No paradox there; it's because developed countries have anti-pollution devices on their exhausts that clean up the emissions.
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Re: The paradox: The West burns more fossil fuels per capita but has healthier air
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2023, 11:07:27 am »
I remember 60 some years ago when I was a teenager, the air in Michigan was so polluted, it smelled like a foundry.  Particles of pollution wafted in the air and left a coating on cars.  The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire and Lake Erie was virtually dead.  And people today think the air is polluted? :wtf:
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address

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Re: The paradox: The West burns more fossil fuels per capita but has healthier air
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2023, 11:18:20 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on March 31, 2023, 11:07:27 am
I remember 60 some years ago when I was a teenager, the air in Michigan was so polluted, it smelled like a foundry.  Particles of pollution wafted in the air and left a coating on cars.  The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire and Lake Erie was virtually dead.  And people today think the air is polluted? :wtf:

Exactly.
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Re: The paradox: The West burns more fossil fuels per capita but has healthier air
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2023, 04:48:00 pm »
Why do you think they are going after Carbon Dioxide?

Because there is little else left.
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