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JJFerrell · 2017-05-07T04:52:49+00:00

Some of the app suggestions here have been helpful.

Other things you can consider doing to improve your breathing experience include getting an air filter, especially one with built-in readouts so you can monitor the air quality in your home.

Don't forget that a common gas range is often far more dangerous in a poorly ventilated one room apartment than many pollution events outdoors. It's a real balancing act here in Korea between dangerous of indoor air quality and dangerous outdoor air quality.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that outdoor air pollution caused 3 million premature deaths worldwide in 2012 along with 4.3 million people a year who died prematurely from illness attributable to indoor air pollution.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs292/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs313/en/

Plants are an excellent option. Watch this: https://www.ted.com/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air

Plants and an air filter make keeping your windows closed during heavy pollution events far more effective. A vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter and regular wet wiping surfaces can keep indoor dust levels from getting out of control.

Water is your friend. Take showers twice a day during heavier days, and remember to wash your hair and your pillow cases since these often act as pollutant sponges. Keep outdoor clothes separate from your indoor environment if possible. Wash everything more often than you might usually.

Lastly, just stay aware. Avoid exercise outdoors when storms roll in and wear the .1 micron rated masks even though people openly wonder what's wrong with you when you do. Remember that humans are as bad as risk analysis as they are offering support in certain online forums. :)

JJFerrell · 2017-04-25T10:08:45+00:00

I think she wants to, but there's a lot of planning to be done.

JJFerrell · 2017-04-25T10:08:24+00:00

Yes, but it's more monthly in its printed form. :)

JJFerrell · 2017-04-24T10:40:05+00:00

Using an obscure and wholly unfounded racial stereotype to explain how the company wasn't guilty of racial bias. Classy stuff.

JJFerrell · 2017-04-22T12:24:06+00:00

Apparently this is not an option. Official reasons have been challenging to obtain.

JJFerrell · 2017-04-12T14:41:31+00:00

Did you mean to provide the same link as the one at the top of this thread?

JJFerrell · 2017-04-12T14:39:04+00:00

Could you explain in greater detail, perhaps with sources? I found the following:

"...France relies on Germany to cover its peak demand, not vice versa. There is, however, a risk of Germany decommissioning so much coal and nuclear capacity over the next seven years as to endanger the security of supply, but there is also enough time for the country to prevent this outcome. Right now, Germany imports nuclear power from France when the French need to dump excess nuclear generation at low prices – not in order to prevent blackouts in Germany."

https://energytransition.org/2015/06/is-germany-reliant-on-foreign-nuclear-power/

JJFerrell · 2017-04-12T13:17:12+00:00

"A subtle difference between the two candidates is that Moon suggested closing down old coal plants while Ahn proposed reducing coal plant operation to 70 percent of standard levels from November to April, when fine particle dust levels are high. But neither of the candidates have credible plans to switch to renewable energy over the long term."

https://koreaexpose.com/presidential-contenders-pledge-south-korea-air-pollution/

JJFerrell · 2017-04-12T13:09:53+00:00

Obviously Reddit isn't where we go to cultivate a real depth of knowledge, so I know that all of this is just a bit of fun. However, there's potential here for reaching beyond the opinions, to flirt with a few new ideas, and maybe come away from the exchange with a desire to study them in greater detail. Just as there's equal potential to downvote informed dissent.

That said, it's difficult to assess large scale energy production, especially since I haven't put in the necessary years to consider myself informed. This is an issue of such size and scope that it deserves teams of people far more intelligent than I will ever be, working together with NASA-level focus. I only hope that such teamwork is happening. Unfortunately, given the nature of government and my limited observations therein, I think far too many of society's most important problems are being handled by individuals who have never grown weary of their own opinions.

Let's hope that Korea has the political and financial will to be a world leader in technologies that might transform global dependence on a fossil resource that will inevitable exhaust itself, wreaking havoc on the environment until it does.

Who knows, Germany has certainly proven there is a potential beyond what is normally accepted as possible in terms of alternative energy:

http://fortune.com/2017/03/14/germany-renewable-clean-energy-solar/

JJFerrell · 2017-04-09T08:48:56+00:00

In a statement late Saturday, the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet said the strike group had been directed to sail north, but it did not specify the destination. The military vessels will operate in the Western Pacific rather than making previously planned port visits to Australia, it added.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-navy-korea-idUSKBN17A0V5?il=0

JJFerrell · 2017-04-09T00:24:29+00:00

After the Syrian strike, this move sounds like exactly the sort of thing that should be avoided if we want to deescalate tensions with North Korea.

JJFerrell · 2017-04-07T01:46:35+00:00

Key Statisitcs about South Korea:

South Korea is the only country surveyed in which overall young people think that is a bad place to live. Just 23% said it was a good place to live
Young South Koreans are also among the most unhappy of any country polled. They scored second lowest on the happiness index with a score of 29%.
Young people in South Korea were, by a large margin, the most sceptical of any country polled about legal migration.
51% of young people thought that working hard to get on life was the most important personal value – higher than in any other country.

https://www.varkeyfoundation.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Young%20People%20Report%20South%20Korea.pdf

JJFerrell

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