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Germany is in Europe and the economist is about Europe, so it makes sense to look at high emitters in Europe, no? Also, while it's important to look at the glo
by throwayay4929 2mo ago
Germany is in Europe and the economist is about Europe, so it makes sense to look at high emitters in Europe, no?
Also, while it's important to look at the global picture, let's not ignore the local effects: air quality in Germany is pretty bad, perhaps the worst in Europe. Poland is pretty bad too, especially in the winter. That's not China's or USA's fault.
- chmod775 2mo ago> let's not ignore the local effects: air quality in Germany is pretty bad, perhaps the worst in Europe What... you know you could've looked this up pretty easily before posting? https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/styles/image_dropdown/public/2026-06/CAMS-air-quality-report-PM2.5_2.png.jpg https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/styles/...
- throwayay4929 2mo agoI did: https://aqicn.org/map/europe/ https://aqicn.org/map/europe/
- chmod775 2mo agoThat's a real time map that will change by the hour. What I see now is probably not what you saw when you opened it.
- throwayay4929 2mo agoBoth Berlin and Munich rank higher in terms of dirty air than the first polish city, Wroclaw: https://www.iqair.com/world-air-quality-ranking https://www.iqair.com/world-air-quality-ranking
- chmod775 2mo agoThat's LIVE data that will change hour to hour. When I opened it the list looked very different. I provided you a map showing historical data collected over a year.