destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoPublic transit in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 vs Chengdu, China 🇨🇳lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1143arrow-down1imagePublic transit in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 vs Chengdu, China 🇨🇳lemmy.worlddestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarecrystalmerchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI spent time in Chengdu in 2011. It was stunning how bad the pollution was. Like, thick sepia haze obscuring skyscrapers just a quarter mile or so down the road. I wonder if it’s cleaner now.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI believe it is, at least in China generally. https://earth.org/how-china-is-winning-its-battle-against-air-pollution/ I have been arguing against tankies putting authoritarian countries on a pedestal, but this is one thing their regimes can be good at. (But afaik other types of pollution resp. putting people in danger are still rampant, e.g. Shenzhen’s electronics production)
I spent time in Chengdu in 2011. It was stunning how bad the pollution was. Like, thick sepia haze obscuring skyscrapers just a quarter mile or so down the road. I wonder if it’s cleaner now.
I believe it is, at least in China generally.
https://earth.org/how-china-is-winning-its-battle-against-air-pollution/
I have been arguing against tankies putting authoritarian countries on a pedestal, but this is one thing their regimes can be good at.
(But afaik other types of pollution resp. putting people in danger are still rampant, e.g. Shenzhen’s electronics production)