vandeventer Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 So maybe people should wear masks 24/7 even when covid-19 dies down in Bangkok. But how many cities did they monitor? The Chinese tourist should feel right at home here. 12 hours ago, samsensam said: but, but, but... how can this be? surely some mistake... bangkok has these amazing air purification machines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 One of the reason I've never found it burdensome wearing face masks to help prevent COVID is because I'd already been wearing them regularly for several years during the November to April smog season in BKK whenever away from home. Even if COVID were to disappear someday in the future, it's likely I and others will still want to be wearing N95 smog stopping masks (if they can be found to be purchased) when away from home in BKK. Because it's pretty clear that Thailand's smog isn't going away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Dry season started 22nd ... smoking season starts 5mins later as the CP maize farmers light up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Swede Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) I measure the AQI where I live every day and it it has been fairly good since end of May, however the last 5 days it has been quite bad. Not to the extent of March but not good. I would say an average above 40-50 AQI which is bad. I live on the country side but has seen that the official values in Chiang Rai has been significantly worse. I know before a reading a value it will be bad when it smell like a forest fire outside. This was not the case 25 years ago even if there was some casual burning then. Every year it gets worse and yet the authorities totally ignore it. Pretending to do something does not improve the air quality, and they are all useless pretenders. Edited October 26, 2020 by Sweet Swede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERMINATOR3AB Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 The worry with Thailand cities is the amount of vehicles per population Nearly as high per head as population That air pollution will only get worse each year as more and more vehicles are on the roads Pollution only effects some poeple short term the problem is over years it can kill you experts say 5-10 years off your life As for the sugar Cane burn your 1000,s of acres is nothing in Australia our Sugar cane covers millions of acres We stopped burning for health reasons 30 years ago Machines do all the work now ......Why do Thailand not use machines to harvest Cane like most other countries in the developed world The Cane mulsh from the cane is re-used as fodder for cattle and other livestock also as Garden Mulsh and for general improved soil quality..1 Machine is expensive but could do many small farms in an area to save burning ...Gov could buy machines to help its farmers 1 Submarine could buy 200 machines or more much more .... All of Thailand would only need 50 machines max Good Luck Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Fingerling Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 It’s well documented that Thais love a fire and will burn pretty much anything combustible. Wait until the great illegal sugar burning season kicks into gear and the authority’s do nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnacha Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 9 hours ago, NightSky said: london has restrictions on vehicles entering the city. when j visited last year the few vehicles i saw were mostly Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicles. the most used public transport was electric tube train. I doubt that is the same for Edinburgh? Edinburgh is a relatively small city facing water and with mountainous open land spread around the centre. The city is surrounded by relatively low-density housing and farmland. The geology forces a sort of donut effect, whereby the old town and new town are separated. The most famous shopping street, Princes Street, only has buildings on one side. They have an above-ground tram system. It does not matter what sort of controls London places on traffic, or if everyone has a Prius, the sheer density and spread of that massive conurbation means that the air quality will always be bad. If you look at any air quality index, you will see that the gap between London and another other city in the UK is large, too large to be easily overcome even by the changes wrought by the lockdowns this year. As I said, this article is just clickbait nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALes Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 158 reading in Pattaya last night. Foul, ugly air. Had to close my windows and put the fans on. Looks like smog season is starting early this year. That's the worst part-it starts earlier and earlier every year now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 5 hours ago, LALes said: 158 reading in Pattaya last night. Foul, ugly air. Had to close my windows and put the fans on. Looks like smog season is starting early this year. That's the worst part-it starts earlier and earlier every year now. Well, we had, what, four good days without rain and with clean air. Can't ask for too much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyk Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 In a few years pics of tourists toting oxygen packs and masks enjoying the LOS"s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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