Giant air cleaner set up outside Central World in Bangkok

[30la]

  On 10/21/2019 at 9:31 AM, ChrisY1 said:

A filter.....then it needs maintenance? How will that work here?

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They probably don't have any filters installed (Thai version, install and forget), so they don't have to do any maintenance! ????

[hotchilli]

  On 10/21/2019 at 4:10 AM, toofarnorth said:

It would be like a straw in a bucket of drink , more comes along to replace what is sucked in .

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They didn't think about the vacuum effect.... or do they think Bangkok is contained within a bubble and once the air is clean job done?

 

[Tayaout]

That's not a giant air filter. This is a giant air filter:

 

 

[PatOngo]

People in On Nut must be ecstatic!

[IvorLott]

So have they finally given up 'clamping down' on knackered bangers belching thick black exhaust smoke into the air, people burning rubbish, clearing land by burning willy-nilly, or trying to educate the population about Clean Air Policies and Practices for this wonder solution? 

[Jimbo2014]

I guess if you go there and hug it for a while the air might be slightly cleaner until you have to run holding your breath to the next oxygen spot ????

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

  On 10/21/2019 at 9:02 AM, Pdavies99 said:

Where is the clown sitting on top!!

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I was watching the video, wondering when an attractive young Thai woman in a bikini was going to pop out of the top of the unit and start dancing with balloons.  

[0815]

  On 10/21/2019 at 6:21 AM, MaxLee said:

That tiny little thing??? 

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Makes me think (once again) Thais believe every b...s..t

 

[brianthainess]

Oh i give up.

[DJ54]

North China has a lot of these air cleanerish 

[DaRoadrunner]

  On 10/21/2019 at 8:35 AM, Tropposurfer said:

<deleted> !!! How much carbon fuel does it take to run that piece of sh.t?!!

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The 60 meter high one in China is solar powered.... it does not say what powers the huge Thai version?

 

There will be more of these (if the Govt is getting a kick back), which will only work for a short time before it packs up due to lack of maintenance and coughs its last gasp.... choked by the pollution.

 

Every one of us has an electric fan... how about tomorrow we all point our fans facing North East and blow the pollution back to Isaan?

 

[Booboo101]

There would need to be one outside every building on every street to make any difference !

[drgoon]

  On 10/21/2019 at 6:18 AM, bluesofa said:

Installed next to that Irish actress - Patty O'Doors.

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and her friend Patty O'Furniture

[wisperone]

Must be working....AirVisual has a reading of only 130 today in Bangkok.  One half this size should take care of all Chiang Mai in no time at all.

[Redline]

What a joke-more idiotic thinking 

[oldhippy]

Back home we use these ventilators when it gets too hot in the summer:

 

 

[RJRS1301]

Wonder what the filters are made from, when do they replace them and how do they dispose of them?
what is the intake capacity, and the area of clean air around it?

[oldhippy]

  On 10/21/2019 at 7:28 PM, RJRS1301 said:

Wonder what the filters are made from, when do they replace them and how do they dispose of them?
what is the intake capacity, and the area of clean air around it?

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you tink too mut

[freestyle]

In my country, electrical bicycles are winning a lot in popularity for daily commuting.
They can go fast with almost no effort and they are handled more easily then heavy motorcycles, so anyone can use them.

Would be nice to see these introduced in thai cities.

Of course, the question is how massive battery waste would impact environment, but at least we will have cleaner air while thinking about that problem.

 

[RJRS1301]

  On 10/21/2019 at 8:55 PM, freestyle said:

In my country, electrical bicycles are winning a lot in popularity for daily commuting.
They can go fast with almost no effort and they are handled more easily then heavy motorcycles, so anyone can use them.

Would be nice to see these introduced in thai cities.

Of course, the question is how massive battery waste would impact environment, but at least we will have cleaner air while thinking about that problem.

 

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So many countries have not been able so far to work out the recycling of batteries from EVs, imagine the battery issue for Asia should electric bikes become popular.

[Baggy]

  On 10/21/2019 at 6:04 AM, Justgrazing said:

Blimey who'd have thought that ..  you can't beat Thai's forra bit of ingenuity ..

The thing itself looks abit like a giant patio heater .. 

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a few brown envelopes changed hands!

[Baggy]

  On 10/21/2019 at 9:27 PM, RJRS1301 said:

So many countries have not been able so far to work out the recycling of batteries from EVs, imagine the battery issue for Asia should electric bikes become popular.

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Throw them in the ocean! At least sink to bottom unlike plastic bags!

[Classic Ray]

Typical Thai solution, address the symptoms, not the cause. Sharp contrast to SHENZHEN in China where I was impressed to see nearly all motorcycles and many cars now electric. The air was much cleaner than Bangkok.

[Reigntax]

Ok, so about a million more and it may make some difference. 

[mserror]

Where I live in central Thailand, there are always smouldering heaps creating lots of smoke. Not burning cleanly just smouldering away for hours, often with green waste, sometimes plastic. And we have a neighbour who creates them right on the fenceline... (These are facts, not Thai-bashing.)

[Chongalulu]

  On 10/21/2019 at 6:18 AM, bluesofa said:

Installed next to that Irish actress - Patty O'Doors.

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And her brother the children’s entertainer,Pete O’File.

[Lacessit]

Thai environmental science is obviously advancing in leaps and bounds. This is a much better idea than those water-spraying drones.

[overherebc]

  On 10/21/2019 at 9:27 PM, RJRS1301 said:

So many countries have not been able so far to work out the recycling of batteries from EVs, imagine the battery issue for Asia should electric bikes become popular.

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As all those batteries are generally re-charged overnight the power stations that used to run on reduced load during darkness now have to produce more electricity burning more fuel, coal/oil/gas, producing more CO2 etc.

As others have posted, the old batteries are very difficult to re-cycle and that points to a possible big pollution problem coming up.

Someone convince me all these 'advances' are going to make things cleaner and greener.

[overherebc]

  On 10/21/2019 at 11:56 PM, nchuckle said:

And her brother the children’s entertainer,Pete O’File.

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And his addict uncle

Nick O'tine

[bristolgeoff]