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Originally Posted by EonBlue
Because CO2 is not a pollutant and does not affect air quality at current concentrations or even at concentrations many times higher than now.
The air quality problems in Chinese cities are caused by many things but CO2 isn't one of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_in_China
People who really care about air quality should stop wasting money on reducing CO2 output and put that money towards curbing real pollutants. |
So if I look at that page you linked to I see:
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Zhong Nanshan, the president of the China Medical Association, in 2012 warned that air pollution could become the biggest health threat. Lung cancer and cardiovascular disease were increasing because of factory and vehicle air pollution and tobacco smoking. Lung cancer was two to three times more common in cities than in the countryside despite similar rates of tobacco smoking"
Vehicle air pollution is a big threat. Since CO2 comes from vehicles (plus some particulates) ...