Asian Brown Cloud
From
DangerousMeta comes a link to
this article in Asia News about the Asian Brown Cloud.
This is the result of the desertification through land mismanagement as well as old-school industrial development - factories without pollution control, using high-sulfur fuels, etc...
There was a recent flap in the Seattle area about building a new power plant and some people were raising the issue of mercury in the stack gasses. We get more mercury coming over the Pacific Ocean from China than would ever be released from a power plant.
The enviros need to look at the big picture rather than blowing up minor issues to get publicity. When compared to these big picture items, their hobby horses sometimes look rather petty, stupid and small...
Posted by DaveH at March 4, 2004 9:35 AM