HOUSE OF SOLAR

I wanted to post this because it is important . I lived in Taiwan for several years and we had the chance to LIVE in pollution like this . It was so bad that we had to wash out our window screens twice a year because they would begin to clog up. This is important because we live on a planet with limited resources and increasing demands. Right now this is in China.In the future this could be the global standard. To see it on the internet is one thing  but to stand and experience  the top half downtown buildings disappearing into pollution is another. It is time to take action.

-Tim Padden

A dense blanket of smog covered most cities in northeast China this past week, reaching record pollution levels and grounding hundreds of flights at Beijing’s international airport. Public outrage over the quality of the air in the Chinese capital is rising high while the government insists that the problem is down to inclement weather and nothing to be overly worried about.

For most of this week the air in Beijing has been rated as “very unhealthy” and “hazardous” by the US Embassy air monitor, reputed as the most reliable indicator of pollution in the city. On Sunday it posted a new record: “beyond index”, as it registered 522 micrograms of particulate pollutants per cubic meter of air.

More and more Chinese citizens – and not just expats – are turning to the US Embassy’sBeijingAir Twitter account for precise data on pollution, especially since Chinese authorities continued to describe the situation as “moderate” despite the thick cloud of smog – “fog,” according to them – that envelops the city. In fact, Beijing’s health authorities insist that the air is perfectly safe 80% of the time, even though the US monitor has rated the air as good only 13 days this year.