18 minutes ago, Fred white said:

Why don't the headmen work towards getting trash pickup and then make the people use it

 

Because their national leaders who they take their cues from are the folks who think:

 

--propeller boats in the Chaophrya River will prevent flooding or saltwater intrusion.

--spraying firehose water into the air is going to meaningfully reduce air pollution.

--the solution to drunk driving is to urge drunk drivers to drive more slowly.

etc etc etc.

Edited January 10, 20206 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

All this means is we’re screwed. Any time the government says they are going to fix something it gets worse. 
 

If all of you remember, we went through this exact thing last year before burn season and it was the worst burn season on record.

Tell those big wigs with nothing but warm air in their skull that the problem would be solved, if they would do the job.

Rice and sugar cane field burning in Myanmar, Thailand and Laos are first and foremost responsible for that absolute unacceptable AQI all over the area. 

Proof of how greed and profit optimization stops at absolutely nothing ........... 

On 1/10/2020 at 4:05 AM, daveAustin said:

Tell the people to stop burning <deleted>! If you lot want to get something right, focus your energies on that. And forget public transport; modern vehicles have CATs and whatnot. Have tuk-tuk/songthaew drivers sort their horrid, smoke-belching junkmobiles.

Ban slow-moving convoys of loudspeaker vans; the least effective form of advertising EVER invented.  Why do businessmen think that to hold up long queues of prospective customers by delaying their journey and burning massive amounts of fuel to hear a snatch of distorted, garbled message as you finally get to speed past, might work?  This goes for political campaigning too.

Suggest to consider the remedy that was recommended to the North of Thailand.
Not a problem, in a few weeks it will rain !!

On 1/10/2020 at 2:00 PM, samtam said:

During new year, when there were far less vehicles on the roads in Bangkok, (and as well as making it easy to get from A to B), there were also beautiful blue skies during the day and stunning sunsets. Vehicle overpopulation is a major contributor to the pollution, and that at least is a factor that could be controlled, if there was any willingness to seriously tackle the issue.

Yes, it's the burning and the vehicles. People will die and be sickened because of the massive air pollution. But all the focus is on plastic bags.

On 1/10/2020 at 2:00 PM, samtam said:

During new year, when there were far less vehicles on the roads in Bangkok, (and as well as making it easy to get from A to B), there were also beautiful blue skies during the day and stunning sunsets. Vehicle overpopulation is a major contributor to the pollution, and that at least is a factor that could be controlled, if there was any willingness to seriously tackle the issue.

I absolutely agree and an overlooked problem that governments would rather not mention in election campaigns because attempts to get motorists out of their polluting cars don’t ‘play well’ with many voters.

On 1/9/2020 at 8:29 PM, Jimbo2014 said:

A government that has completely and utterly failed it's people on every basic level.

I think people fail to realize why people get into politics in Thailand?

 

It is never about helping the country or people.

 

It is about corruption and raiding their respective budgets so they can put millions in their own pockets and be able to afford to live somewhere else.

 

If you think the govt it going to solve anything, wrong answer.

 

 

 

 

On 1/10/2020 at 1:16 AM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Another load of useless, do-nothing poppycock.... predictably....

 

"Discourage" residents from burning? How about the RTP get off their a**ses and arrest those burning and toss them in jail...   That would begin to make a dent in the air pollution problem.

 

The pollution issue is not solely a burning problem.

 

It is also the problem of overcrowding, which is becoming worse each year.

 

Bangkok will reach a point where there will be massive pollution every single day, just like what happened in Beijing.

 

To expect a govt, that only exists to line their own pockets, to act, is asking for a miracle.

12 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

I think people fail to realize why people get into politics in Thailand?

 

It is never about helping the country or people.

 

It is about corruption and raiding their respective budgets so they can put millions in their own pockets and be able to afford to live somewhere else.

 

If you think the govt it going to solve anything, wrong answer.

 

 

 

 

Sadly you are correct.  This lack of community goes to the local level where people have little desire to do something positive for their neighborhood or local community.  Either it starts at this level or is a result of people seeing those in power simply using their positions to siphon money. 

16 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

I think people fail to realize why people get into politics in Thailand?

 

It is never about helping the country or people.

 

It is about corruption and raiding their respective budgets so they can put millions in their own pockets and be able to afford to live somewhere else.

 

If you think the govt it going to solve anything, wrong answer.

 

 

 

 

That's true of most politicians world wide

Another joke, but not funny.

 

Wont happen because Thai do not care about life. Simple.