Bangkok smog: 50 drones to be launched spraying molasses to relieve smog

[snoop1130]

Bangkok smog: 50 drones to be launched spraying molasses to relieve smog

By The Thaiger

 

 

Bangkok is preparing to launch 50 drones tomorrow for spraying water in the skies over the capital. The water will contain molasses to aid in the attachment to smog particles.

 

The Thai News Agency is reporting that Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang says they have contacted a drone club in Nakhon Ratchasima to get 50 drones which can carry 10 litres of water each to fly over Bangkok.

 

The water will contain molasses which and is predicted to help relieve the smog problem. 

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/bangkok-smog-50-drones-to-be-launched-spraying-molasses-to-relieve-smog

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-01-30

[tifino]

... and after 3 days of burning clear sun days; no one will ever be able to unstick their car's wiper blades

 

but it might be good against mosquitoes!     

[BigBadGeordie]

Oh please, just stop all this bowlocks now.

Enough already.

[jak2002003]

Sprinkling a bit a sugar over Bangkok is not going to help the pollution problem..... talk about sugar coating a situation.  

[Justgrazing]

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The Thai News Agency is reporting that Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang says they have contacted a drone club in Nakhon Ratchasima to get 50 drones which can carry 10 litres of water each to fly over Bangkok.

This has got to be seen .. 10 ltrs of water is 10 kilo's which is fairly hefty plus the weight of the drone .. So maybe one of tomorrow's headlines will be obese drones falling from the sky in Bangkok .. 

[CGW]

Finally - the antics of the "rulers" here is making international headlines & yes they are laughing at the ridiculous so called fixes, rather than getting to grips with & making a serious attempt at solving the problem! ????

PS I wonder who is "selling" the molasses to them? ????

Edited January 30, 2019 by CGW

[mok199]

Its getting harder and harder to tell people I live in Thailand...

[Lacessit]

It's not April 1 already?

There will be some very happy ants in Bangkok.

[bluesofa]

49 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Bangkok smog: 50 drones to be launched spraying molasses to relieve smog

Who are mol, and why are they spraying their asses?

 

[kotsak]

7 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Who are mol, and why are they spraying their asses?

 

1 mol of asses is a huge number of asses ????

Edited January 30, 2019 by kotsak

[AGareth2]

what date is it?

[kannot]

I  have a better  plan, my Wifes  gonna  eat extra  somtam and fart the smog away........

1 shes an expert farter

2 It will probably actually do more than this  plan

3 comedy value assured

[Chippy151]

I seem to be muttering "unbelievable" to myself more and more these days.

For a country where face and image is extremely important, the officials here don't seem to give a s**t how stupid they look.

[Hayduke]

53 minutes ago, CGW said:

PS I wonder who is "selling" the molasses to them? ????

 

The government will, of course, be using nothing but the finest, premium quality smog-reduction molasses. Exclusively available from the Somchai & Somchai Trading Co. at the special promotion rate of 15 million Baht per liter.

 

 

Edited January 30, 2019 by Hayduke

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, kannot said:

I  have a better  plan, my Wifes  gonna  eat extra  somtam and fart the smog away........

1 shes an expert farter

2 It will probably actually do more than this  plan

3 comedy value assured

Ahh! So she's 'mol' then!

[xylophone]

5 minutes ago, Chippy151 said:

I seem to be muttering "unbelievable" to myself more and more these days.

For a country where face and image is extremely important, the officials here don't seem to give a s**t how stupid they look.

It's because they are too stupid to know how stupid they look/are!

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

This has got to be seen .. 10 ltrs of water is 10 kilo's which is fairly hefty plus the weight of the drone .. So maybe one of tomorrow's headlines will be obese drones falling from the sky in Bangkok .. 

Damn, but that would be worth seeing

[RotBenz8888]

Some foreign help? No thanks, we can handle this by ourselves....????Sure, prepare for a Fiasco!

[mok199]

24 minutes ago, kannot said:

I  have a better  plan, my Wifes  gonna  eat extra  somtam and fart the smog away........

1 shes an expert farter

2 It will probably actually do more than this  plan

3 comedy value assured

OK ..but do not light any said farts...with this toxic blanket of particles and gasses ,The entire city could be leveled.!!!

Edited January 30, 2019 by mok199

[Bluespunk]

Just now, RotBenz8888 said:

Some foreign help? No thanks, we can handle this by ourselves....????Sure, prepare for a Fiasco!

But at least it will be a sugar coated fiasco. 

[Psimbo]

One just can't make this sh1t up!

[Don Chance]

They need to get serious and ban diesel vehicle, require pollution control on all vehicle, ban tuk-tuk. Mandate e-bikes and electric cars.

[Pravda]

Where can this idiot abroad watch this?

Edited January 30, 2019 by Pravda

[fondue zoo]

But... I just washed my hair.

 

here we go: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-tests-anti-smog-drone-aircraft/   - a great 2014 idea

 

[totally thaied up]

I had a Bangkok Thai friend tell me her eyes are burning all the time. She says she wears a mask and tries to protect her lungs but has nothing to protect her eyes. I told her about these drones trying not to laugh and she said to me, "That will be great if it will really work?"

 

That is what we are up against 

 

If my friends ask if I live still in Thailand, I am not too sure what to say now ...

Edited January 30, 2019 by totally thaied up

[kannot]

48 minutes ago, mok199 said:

OK ..but do not light any said farts...with this toxic blanket of particles and gasses ,The entire city could be leveled.!!!

That IS part of the plan, from behind my concrete bunker  I ignite the  mixture, the blast wave  will remove all the smog within a 50  mile radius.............the toxicity may last for decades however

[cmsally]

What's worse than an oil spill ?  -- a molasses spill

 

Whoops!!

[kannot]

41 minutes ago, Psimbo said:

One just can't make this sh1t up!

you can but it would  never be so good

[kannot]

3 minutes ago, totally thaied up said:

I had a Bangkok Thai friend tell me her eyes are burning all the time. She says she wears a mask and tries to protect her lungs. I told her about these drones trying not to laugh and she said to me, "That will be great if it will really work?"

 

That is what we are up against 

 

If my friends ask if I live still in Thailand, I am not too sure what to say now ...

if theyre American just tell them Taiwan,  they wont know the difference

[Lacessit]

I'm wondering how familiar Thai authorities are with basic mathematics. 50 drones X 10 litres equals 500 litres. No idea how many flights the drones can make in a day, how often they need to be refueled/recharged, turnaround time.

Do these guys really think they can eliminate a smog layer over 1600 square kilometres? Surface area of Bangkok city proper. That's one drone per 32 square kilometres.

Next, I suppose they'll be ordering 50 recruits to put out a forest fire by pissing on it.