UM-Bot Posted October 23, 2013 #1 Share Posted October 23, 2013 A novel new technique for dealing with smog is to be trialled in one of China's largest cities. Pollution has become increasingly problematic in China in recent years with smog enveloping its largest cities on a regular basis. The level of pollution is now so bad that it can often exceed 300 micrograms per cubic meter for days at a time and wearing a face mask outdoors has become commonplace. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/256691/beijing-to-test-giant-smog-pollution-vacuum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted October 23, 2013 #2 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Im interested to see if this works 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted October 23, 2013 #3 Share Posted October 23, 2013 So, basically an air purifier to clear the air in the big cities? Wouldn't it be better not to produce all of that smog and particulates in the first place? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted October 23, 2013 #4 Share Posted October 23, 2013 What if it sucked up birds? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbondo Posted October 23, 2013 #5 Share Posted October 23, 2013 So, basically an air purifier to clear the air in the big cities? Wouldn't it be better not to produce all of that smog and particulates in the first place? Yea, not shat! Don't worry about the root cause. Instead, spend billions to put a band aid on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted October 23, 2013 #6 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Why don't they just incorporate "smog scrubbers" within the offending power plants. Expensive, sure, but they have our money anyway, and it would be far more effective. I'm no engineer, just offering some thoughts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonovavitch Posted October 23, 2013 #7 Share Posted October 23, 2013 okay! I got the solution! Everone stick their vacuum out the window! If nothing else, it would make 'em look more like idiots than most..........Yea! That's the ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherialNight Posted October 23, 2013 #8 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Why not tax the hell out of high polluting companies until they can produce without the high level of pollutants they they are now? Seems silly to have a product to vacuum up the smog, instead of determining that companies adopt more modern non polluting methods. It's treating the symptom rather than the cause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted October 23, 2013 #9 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Why not tax the hell out of high polluting companies until they can produce without the high level of pollutants they they are now? Seems silly to have a product to vacuum up the smog, instead of determining that companies adopt more modern non polluting methods. It's treating the symptom rather than the cause. And who is going to tax China? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted October 23, 2013 #10 Share Posted October 23, 2013 And who is going to tax China? True enough. It's not a "tax", per se, rather more of a financial penalty and in some cases execution. China's leader's won't ever admit that THEY allowed this problem to exist in the interest of greedy State monies. Rather, they will just penalize, imprison and chop a few heads-off to deflect the REAL blame(theirselve's) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted October 24, 2013 #11 Share Posted October 24, 2013 What if it sucked up birds? Or people! Hoovers don't discriminate and well, Chinese people are kinda small. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Head Posted October 24, 2013 #12 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I thought of this years ago. My idea was all the high rise buildings could have large fans at the top with some kind of filtration systems that could clean the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted October 24, 2013 #13 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I think we should all get together and destroy all sources of the polution. It seems far more effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingAngel Posted October 24, 2013 #14 Share Posted October 24, 2013 great, now people is aware that there will be someone cleaning up their mess and start to pollute even more actually, it clears the sky mean all the dust will be drawn toward the ground which probably mean you'll breath in the dust even more. We're humans, not birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeGelatin Posted October 25, 2013 #15 Share Posted October 25, 2013 It sounds about as smart as a science fiction author starting his own religion... But, we all know that worked out fine... -Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted October 26, 2013 #16 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I tihnk it'll be easier to give people gills that filter out the smog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRoma Posted November 1, 2013 #17 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I wonder how much fossil fuel will need to be burned in order to generate the amount of electricity required to run one of this giant smog vacuum. I'm sure one smog vacuum is not enough to take care of the problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Ford Posted November 1, 2013 #18 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I wonder how much fossil fuel will need to be burned in order to generate the amount of electricity required to run one of this giant smog vacuum. I'm sure one smog vacuum is not enough to take care of the problem. Probably a lot considering the scale of it. I just wish governments were forward thinking and really encouraged renewable clean energy instead of spending trillions on war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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