Re: [APML] Dark Sky article

[Daryn Baker <odomari2001@yahoo.com>]

I totally agree with Tony. I try to buy as little Chinese-made stuff as
possible. Unfortunately, it seems with some things that there is no choice but
to by stuff made in China, but I try to go American whenever I can. It may seem
futile on the individual level, but if the word and the facts get out, a whole
lot of people might be able to make a difference, or at least a statement, to
some degree. Sorry to go off on a tangent, but I just hope the generations to
come have a nightsky to look at from their backyards. It's important that we
all make a difference when and where we can!

Daryn


--- Tony Hallas <tonyhallas@foothill.net> wrote:
> Dale,
> 
>    It gets worse...
> 
>    I just read an article yesterday about all the air pollution coming across
> the Pacific from China... air pollution and dust. They burn mostly coal over
> there, the soil is being turned into "desert-like" terrain by excessive
> clearing of land, they produce 40,000,000 TONS of sulfur dioxide a year and
> other numerous pollutants on a scale that is hard to imagine... and it all
> blows over here, especially in the Spring.
>      I live in a fairly pristine area but I have always wondered why the sky
> sometimes has this high altitude scrim to it... sometimes white, sometimes a
> pale yellow... now I know what it is. 
>     Since almost everything in the world is now being made in China, I have
> decided that all I can do as an individual is stop buying anything that is
> made there... at least until they cut back on their pollution, which is not
> going to happen any time soon.
> 
>      Tony
> 


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