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Posted by kamaraju 4/2/2025

Where does air pollution come from?(ourworldindata.org)
233 points | 136 commentspage 3
triknomeister 4/2/2025|
Looking at how much pollution is from energy, solar does seem to be the best thing that can happen in current timeline to humanity. Global warming AND pollution gone in a single stroke.
aucisson_masque 4/2/2025|
Solar panel price have never been so low. It's only a matter of time before 'the invisible hand of economy' makes people buying them en masse.
oblio 4/2/2025||
It's already doing that but progress is hindered by installers that overcharge due to high demand and due to utility companies trying to cushion their blow of upgrading their infrastructure and doing all sorts of shenanigans.
k__ 4/2/2025||
I fondly remember the police driving through my small town, telling everyone to stay at home because the tire yard is burning again.
jlnthws 4/2/2025||
So is domestic aviation negligible in every way? Is non-domestic aviation part of the transport category? Not clear to me.
malfist 4/2/2025|
Those get lumped under transportation, which is non negligible. It's not broken down any further
kpmcc 4/2/2025||
Does anyone recognize the plotting library they're using? Those interactive charts are really nice.
Jiahang 4/2/2025||
After experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, I have developed the habit of wearing a mask.
rudolftheone 4/2/2025|
Yeah... The thing is surgical or cloth masks don’t do much against PM2.5. For actual pollution, you’d need a well-fitted N95 — anything less is mostly placebo with ear loops.
rdtsc 4/2/2025||
The deaths breakdown by region is interesting:

Africa: 1.8M

South America: 149k

North America: 179k

Australia: 4k

Europe: 434k

Asia: 6.3M

I guess to keep it positive, I'd say "Great job, Australia"!

NhanH 4/2/2025||
Asia has about 4.8B population, Australia has 26M. On a per capita basis Australia has about 1x% more deaths
defrost 4/2/2025|||
On a per capita basis, Australia has world class epidemiology, medical record keeping, and "no sparrow falls" cause of death certification . . .

This might be a case of a shortfall in record keeping and open reporting.

rdtsc 4/2/2025||||
> Asia has about 4.8B population, Australia has 26M. On a per capita basis Australia has about 1x% more deaths

6.3e6/4.8e9 = 0.00131

4e3/26e6 = 0.00015

About 9x as bad?

Not sure about 1x%, was that 1% worse? I am sorry I might have misunderstood that.

NhanH 4/2/2025|||
I meant 11-19%, did mental maths so I did not want to specify exact value.

Though my maths seems to be wrong as well!

timbit42 4/2/2025|||
1x% to me would mean between 10% and 19% inclusive.
brokegrammer 4/2/2025|||
My thoughts exactly. Africa and Asia see the highest numbers but this is proportional to the population count. Plus, countries in these regions have less advanced healthcare than in countries like Australia, but the latter still has a higher death rate. Quite mysterious.
TimByte 4/2/2025|||
> I guess to keep it positive, I'd say "Great job, Australia"!

Would be interesting to see how much of that is due to proactive regulation

rdtsc 4/2/2025||
I would guess better regulation, better medicine, less reliance of burning coal
more-nitor 4/2/2025||
hmmm not accounting for population size differences?
banqjls 4/2/2025|||
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stefantalpalaru 4/2/2025||
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DeathArrow 4/2/2025|
And all these claims are backed up by some hard scientific proofs?
OsrsNeedsf2P 4/2/2025||
Other than the links after each claim and the 12 additional sources at the bottom of the article?
DeathArrow 4/2/2025||
Yes, each link just uncover some more claims. No hard scientific proofs.
Supermancho 4/2/2025||
The citations are included. You'll have to be more specific about your goalpost.