Bad air
May 25th 2016, 11:48 am
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Bad air
Here's the daily chart for the elite to pick to pieces. I didn't think Riyadh was that bad to be honest.
May 25th 2016, 12:23 pm
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Re: Bad air
My apartment on a hangover probably makes the top 50.
May 25th 2016, 1:02 pm
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Here's the daily chart for the elite to pick to pieces. I didn't think Riyadh was that bad to be honest.
https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.ne...ollution_n.jpg
https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.ne...ollution_n.jpg
See a lot of people wearing masks out and about etc.
May 25th 2016, 1:10 pm
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Re: Bad air
Only thing I take from this is green is very popular in the flags around here
May 25th 2016, 1:11 pm
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Re: Bad air
Here's the daily chart for the elite to pick to pieces. I didn't think Riyadh was that bad to be honest.
https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.ne...ollution_n.jpg
https://d28wbuch0jlv7v.cloudfront.ne...ollution_n.jpg
Interesting that they have two places in Bahrain even though the whole island is not much bigger than a football pitch
May 25th 2016, 2:29 pm
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Re: Bad air
Why isnt Beijing on that list?
May 25th 2016, 5:08 pm
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May 25th 2016, 5:23 pm
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I would have guesses New Delhi, Mumbai,Karachi , Beijing to be above the top 5 on that list.
May 26th 2016, 5:54 am
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Re: Bad air
I think the issue is PM10 - this is particulate matter, normally from diesel engines.
Beijing's air quality is actually a lot better than many people think(!) - while it is shockingly terrible, some of it is as a result of fog (I've been three times, and on two occasions it was beautiful). It has also improved a lot in the last few years.
That said, if the chart was PM2.5 or NOx, Beijing may well feature much higher.
Beijing's air quality is actually a lot better than many people think(!) - while it is shockingly terrible, some of it is as a result of fog (I've been three times, and on two occasions it was beautiful). It has also improved a lot in the last few years.
That said, if the chart was PM2.5 or NOx, Beijing may well feature much higher.
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May 26th 2016, 6:01 am
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Can't believe Middlesbrough didn't make the list .
May 27th 2016, 11:09 am
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guess Nigerian cities are prominent because of all the diesel generators.
May 27th 2016, 11:20 am
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Dammam/Dhahran/Khobar are bad. You can see the haze over the motirway system Emissions for cars. Jubail is also bad - ditto plus gunge from petrochemical plants. Medic there told me that he had never seen such a high incidence of breathing problems anywhere.
May 27th 2016, 12:31 pm
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