Delhi Wants Artificial Rain To Tackle Worsening Air Pollution (msn.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/05/1528239/delhi-wants-artificial-rain-to-tackle-worsening-air-pollution
- Source link: https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/delhi-wants-artificial-rain-to-tackle-worsening-air-pollution/ar-AA1txocw
> Large swathes of north India battle pollution each winter as cold air traps dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from farm fires in the breadbasket states of Punjab and Haryana, shrouding the national capital and its suburbs in a toxic haze. Cloud-seeding - the method of triggering rain by seeding clouds with salts - was considered to curb pollution in 2023 too but the plan did not materialise due to unfavourable weather conditions.
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> "I appeal to the federal environment minister...now in Delhi and north India, the pollution has reached the border of 400," Rai told reporters, referring to the air quality index (AQI) score on Tuesday. "The next 10 days are quite crucial...help us get permission for artificial rain, call a meeting," he said. About a third of Delhi's 39 monitoring stations showed a severe AQI score of more than 400 on Tuesday, a level which affects healthy people but is more serious for those fighting disease. An air quality score of zero to 50 is considered good.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/delhi-wants-artificial-rain-to-tackle-worsening-air-pollution/ar-AA1txocw
well...... (Score:1)
stop burning coal and cooking with wood then
Re: well...... (Score:2)
Do they still throw their dead in the river?
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Only the corpses.
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India just approved $9.5 BILLION to build new coal-fired power plants. Even this cloud seeding band-aid won't be enough. Idiots. Maybe the rest of the globe should impose climate related sanctions on the biggest polluters, like the US and China for instance.
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> India just approved $9.5 BILLION to build new coal-fired power plants. Even this cloud seeding band-aid won't be enough. Idiots. Maybe the rest of the globe should impose climate related sanctions on the biggest polluters, like the US and China for instance.
Well now - air pollution, There are som interesting statistics - let's take the number of deaths caused by air pollution. The US - who you apparently believe is number on in pollution deaths is at 1.1 percent - so the rest of the worelds must be damn near air pollutin free.
Let's take a look to see how the world stacks up. China - 20.1 percent of deaths are air pollution. India - 18.5 percent. Here's the source. You aren't going to like it. [1]https://ourworldindata.org/air... [ourworldindata.org]
I don't want to disabuse you
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution
Mist cannons anybody (Score:2)
I mean if you don't want to actually reduce pollution, ground level mist cannons work in pretty much any weather. Didn't Mexico City, at one point, install giant fans to blow the pollution out of the city? Although addressing the root causes also sounds appealing.
Get them Chemtrails going (Score:2)
Put more shit in the air to get shit out of the air. It couldn't be more obvious.
Got you covered (Score:2)
My short irons go up beyond the clouds. I can't hit in an indoor range because I'm in the nets constantly. I will bring the rain don't you worry.
Seriously? (Score:2)
Artificial rain isn't going to cut it. That place needs a hosing down with a giant pressure washer. Plus 99% of structures need to be torn down, modern (1950s designs will suffice) sewage system put in, buildings/housing rebuilt with wide roads, and street vendors forced to USE FUCKING UTENSILS (not gloves, as the gloves quickly get as dirty as hands) and comply with decent hygiene standards. Reference: [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] [4]htt [youtube.com]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7G8BFUdtZM
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXuqxi8dIM
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKURwfX4tXg
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH19Ypu7xaI
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Ah yes, the excitement and adventure of eating street food in countries with no food health standards....
I admit it was tasty and I didn't get sick but I couldn't identify what animal the meat came from. It was certainly nothing found in any Western diet.
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> I only put multiple links to show it isn't a one-off. India should fucking learn from places like Singapore which has a much higher population density yet the place is pristine in most places outside of pockets of "Little India".
Well if you are going to do that - here's how they get rid of that food.. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Yeah, another content warning. Kinda gross.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtwDTognDYk
Artificial rain for thee none for mee. (Score:2)
Stop trying to mess with the weather, you aren't just affecting yourself.
Well, I know they will do it anyway so I'm not holding my breath - but then I'm not in Delhi.
AQI 400 is crazy dangerous high (Score:2)
Even if artificial rain wasn't a dumb idea and cleaned out the air, they are doing nothing about the root causes of where all that crap came from in the first place. It won't take more than a couple of weeks, at best, for it to get that bad again.
They need to fix the source of AQI 400, not slap a political bandaid on it.
Air pollution + rain = water pollution (Score:2)
If the air is getting so bad that you need rain to sweep out particulate, you're going to get some really dirty water coming from the sky. Can't see that being entirely beneficial.
What could possibly... (Score:2)
Go wrong?
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Hmm, using tractors and plows instead of slash and burn farming would be rather better.
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Seems to me that rain and smog tend to produce acid rain.