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Home » News from Thailand » Smog Bangkok: Rain should bring relief
Smog Bangkok: Rain should bring relief
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Prime Minister Prayut has ordered artificial rain to be generated by spraying the clouds. This should help against the smog and particulate matter that has been plaguing Bangkok for many days.
These measures come after a warning from the Meteorological Department that the smog is likely to continue as the cold front over Bangkok moves away.
Yesterday afternoon, two Casa planes took off from Rayong. They sprayed rain clouds over Bang Khla (Chachoengsao) and Ongkharak (Nakhon Nayok) the clouds would then drift towards Bangkok.
Source: Bangkok Post
Please, Bangkok Post and others, stop with these nonsense messages. There is only one way to limit particulate matter emissions (particularly the most harmful PM 2.5) in Bangkok and elsewhere: less traffic and cleaner vehicles.
That is indeed correct and all the rest is deaf-blah blah….
But yes, “what good is candle and glasses if the owl does not want to see” says an old Flemish proverb.
As a start, they should ban all non-delivery traffic in the city, those people who need to go to work or for pleasure go somewhere but take public transport.
And then provide subsidies to switch to electric bicycles, scooters and cars.
What is being done now, spraying water with military aircraft, is not an actual solution, perhaps to promote and expand the military apparatus even more.
Who wants to go or stay in Thailand, if the air is so unhealthy, then go to a neighboring country such as Malaysia.
Just like with floods, there is also a cause for smog. In the event of flooding, this means: keeping waterways clear (i.e. regular dredging and removal of vegetation), especially outside (!!) the rainy season. And so not just as a PR stunt to dredge a little and remove vegetation when the area has already been flooded. That's starting from the wrong side.
The same applies to smog. So tackle the causes systematically (keep smoking city buses and other smoking means of transport off the road; close barbecue food stalls; close polluting industries, etc.). And not as a PR stunt of spraying water cannons into the air and throwing chemical junk into the air with airplanes in the hope that it will rain. That's starting from the wrong side.
The rain may bring a temporary small improvement, but of course you have to take the bull by the horns, and that's just the traffic.
Much, yes rather much unnecessary traffic that is daily on Bangkok's streets, is in principle not necessary at all with the supply of public traffic.
Many Thais, in order to impress others with their property, prefer to spend hours in traffic jams, instead of leaving the car at home and transferring to public transport.
Also, newspapers such as the Bangkok Post, and the Nations etc. should stop proclaiming the nonsensical measures that the government intends to take, and just call the child by name.
The center of gravity should be, and no Thai government will get around that, that traffic will be checked even better for old vessels and their exhaust fumes, and that they will also teach the many other measures and a rethink, that they will also behave differently move in a city.
Moreover, a government eager to promote tourism should clearly take other measures than just waiting, hoping and promoting rain, otherwise many tourists will stay away for that reason in the future.
555, in various Thai media it is written that water / rain does not help against the ultra fine dust. Just as stopping construction activities does not help against this smallest particulate matter. The government itself admits this, but hopes to reduce the total number of particles in the air.
“The Pollution Control Department on Thursday acknowledged that spraying water cannot reduce the amount of ultrafine PM2.5 particles – the most harmful type – but defended the effort for having helped curb overall particulate levels.”
Source: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/bangkok/2019/01/17/rail-construction-halted-drivers-fined-as-smog-persists/
KhoaSod goes on to write that the air quality has always been bad and so are the "fixes":
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/bangkok/2019/01/16/bangkok-pollution-has-always-been-bad-so-have-the-solutions-experts/
The situation in Bangkok is starting to change dramatically. have my trip to Bangkok
Cancelled.in our companies, the staff has suspended all bkk flights.
The solution would be a negative travel advice
That then converts this into thinking. We have short lines with TV (family)
But we'll have to wait a while to see if this committee wakes up.
We don't think there is a real alternative
Hope to hear about this soon.
With regards, Theo.
I wonder whether the Thai community takes this problem seriously. There are no major protests, other than the written word. Mouth swabs seem to be the answer and for the rest don't complain and continue. I think the underlying idea is to keep the economy running and money to be made. Construction is a priority because more can be added. Big capital has to earn too, right?
My wife's family cannot be left out of Bangkok, even though they have been warned many times about the long-term exposure to this particulate matter. Hearing and seeing blind and you hold your heart for the future.
Measures that need to be taken are controversial and are different for everyone. It is also not easy and the things that are really necessary will meet with a lot of resistance. You see this with every proposal that is put forward in Thailand. Be it traffic or those food stalls that cause pollution. For far too long (almost) nothing has been done and now you are stuck. But yes, environmental issues cause problems everywhere, but they are desperately needed and will have to be done and will be at the expense of everyone's wallet.
The Thai community (quote:) does take this problem seriously, but they lack opportunities to express their views and opinions. Don't think that the Thai is the same as what you see in Paris. Climate/pollution/sustainability: why is there not (quote:) large protests in the Netherlands now that a chief of the VVD threw away the climate agreement that had been negotiated for a year? Why not a number of (quote:)measures to be taken in Groningen? Why give a Tesla driver a subsidy when he earns plenty of money to be able to drive such a car? Let's start ourselves. I see many farang in TH on a petrol moped, while electric alternatives are also available. Little ego and image, but clean!