Rizal Philippines
December 1, 2015
We see again cases of haze in Singapore and Malaysia, and smog in China, indicating unabated air pollution As we write, there is a the climate change conference in Paris, and climate change and air pollution are connected.
We are also aware that there are 7 million premature deaths attributed to air pollution with most of them occurring indoors. This was reported by WHO, and the figures are as of 2012. The resulting diseases are cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and cancer. This is bad in China because of heavy use of coal for factories and power plants. Philippines power base load is coal (which is being defended by Pres. Aquino) because it is cheap at around P3.00/kwh.
The 7 million deaths translate to 19,000 dying every day, and about 4 planes crashing every hour. Can we stop this?
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