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2016-12-09 04:47:02 UTC
Free mass transit in Paris while smog persists
http://www.thelocal.fr/20161208/paris-pollution-free-public-transport-to-cost-4-million-a-day
Also males comparison to India levels
Smog limits visibility to 50 m at the worst times in Delhi which continues to try to meet its 2001 target for eliminating diesel buses[1]. Air in new commercial buildings in Beijing is heavily filtered. Look up Asia-Pacific's Green Building Award winners. The Great Smog of London, 5 days in 1952, produced 4-12 thousand dead & 100,000 sick. Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 putting pressure on London to follow suit[2]. Diesel particulate filters on vehicles built to the 2009 'Euro 5' standard require high maintenance to work well[3]. Meanwhile, there are concerns about exhaust from burning natural gas[4]; next step fuel cells?
[1] http://scroll.in/article/807463/delhi-has-relied-on-cng-to-control-its-pollution-in-the-past-but-will-it-work-this-time
[2] http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/four-major-world-cities-pledge-ban-diesel-2025-paris-mexico-madrid-athens-sadiq-khan-london-a7451611.html
[3] http://www.truckinginfo.com/article/story/2015/01/diesel-particulate-filters-blessing-and-curse.aspx
[4] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Research-raises-concerns-about-CNG-exhaust-gases/articleshow/48398994.cms
http://www.thelocal.fr/20161208/paris-pollution-free-public-transport-to-cost-4-million-a-day
Also males comparison to India levels
Smog limits visibility to 50 m at the worst times in Delhi which continues to try to meet its 2001 target for eliminating diesel buses[1]. Air in new commercial buildings in Beijing is heavily filtered. Look up Asia-Pacific's Green Building Award winners. The Great Smog of London, 5 days in 1952, produced 4-12 thousand dead & 100,000 sick. Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 putting pressure on London to follow suit[2]. Diesel particulate filters on vehicles built to the 2009 'Euro 5' standard require high maintenance to work well[3]. Meanwhile, there are concerns about exhaust from burning natural gas[4]; next step fuel cells?
[1] http://scroll.in/article/807463/delhi-has-relied-on-cng-to-control-its-pollution-in-the-past-but-will-it-work-this-time
[2] http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/four-major-world-cities-pledge-ban-diesel-2025-paris-mexico-madrid-athens-sadiq-khan-london-a7451611.html
[3] http://www.truckinginfo.com/article/story/2015/01/diesel-particulate-filters-blessing-and-curse.aspx
[4] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Research-raises-concerns-about-CNG-exhaust-gases/articleshow/48398994.cms