Comments on: Air Pollution Experiment

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:40:08 +0000

My thoughts exactly Louis. If you stand on an overpass, sucking up the air during rush hour in New York, I guarantee you’ll get at least the same amount of grime. It’s relative. Not to mention, thy need to do the test in the actual stadium. I don’t know about you, but as far as I know, [Olympic] athletes are carted to and from their events and practice. Even with the AC, they wouldn’t breath any of that particular air in (see: inside air ventilation). So, no. It’s not really a valid argument.

But it is nice to know that when stuck in traffic in Beijing, you should never roll your window down.

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By: Louis

Louis — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:08:41 +0000

I don’t question about Beijing has bad pollution. However there is nothing for us to compare that experiment result with. I an curious to see results from a Freeway near LA, Freeway near Tokoyo, Freeway near France…etc

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By: Yu

Yu — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:04:31 +0000

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By: Karisu

Karisu — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:06:36 +0000

Yes, we really need an awareness day for this stuff. ‘Cause no one has ever heard of pollution before!

By: mrpants

mrpants — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:11:15 +0000

Yes, I know that but the condition outside the stadium doesn’t quite reflect that of inside the stadium I imagine. I would’ve much prefer if the experiment be performed within the stadium because that would’ve yield an accurate result to determine the conditions of the athletes and audiences in the stadium rather than nearby a freeway where pollution emission is high in which I termed “extreme case” (I know, a bit weird way of wording things).

Oh, and thanks for the link.

By: Martin F

Martin F — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:47:36 +0000

Since it is a pedestrian bridge near Beijing’s Olympic stadium (according to the blog entry) it appears to be a very legitimate experiment. Why are you calling that an extreme case? That is exactly where the sports events will be held.

You can get official Beijing pollution data from the China SEPA page that I liked to for my Blog Action Day entry…

http://martinjapan.blogspot.com/2007/10/sepa.html

By: mrpants

mrpants — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:37:55 +0000

Re: Shari

Yeah, i’m quite aware of the conditioned there. I’ve been to Beijing before. I’m not denying that the condition is bad there but the experiment is performed in an extreme case where the pollution emission originates. It’s conveying to the audience that it’s like that everywhere which isn’t entirely true… at least that’s how I see it.

By: Shari

Shari — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:23:58 +0000

Re: mrpatns comment

I’m not sure how the video is misleading. That’s a whole lot of pollution being released into the environment from a long stretch of land. It’s exactly the sort of thing people should be made aware of on Blog Action Day as it clearly illustrates the effect of car usage and hopefully will encourage greater use of public transport to reduce such pollution.

I applaud Japan Probe for taking part in Blog Action Day and finding such a uniquely appropriate video for us to see.

By: mrpants

mrpants — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:54:57 +0000

The video is pretty misleading considering the test is performed nearby a FREEWAY! Obviously, the pollution emission is bad there as opposed to nearby a park or something.

By: 404error

404error — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:49:08 +0000

srsly after(during) the olympics a lot of atheltes will have some health/breathe problems^^

btw japanprobe is an awesome site!thx for the updates!

By: Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:35:59 +0000

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