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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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Maybe not an amazing revelation but the details are interesting :
 Click image to enlarge EV News Daily (at 🏠) (@EVNewsDaily) Tweeted: Coronavirus lockdown sees air pollution plummet. "Some cities have seen nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels fall by up to 60% on the same period last year, analysis shows. NO2, released from car exhausts, is a serious air pollutant" https://t.co/krV82cackT https://t.co/HRAanZMDwu https://twitter.com/EVNewsDaily/status/1247859908554432514?s=20 |
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8th Apr 2020 12:16pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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"A box on the A472 is near Swffryd in an area where a high number of lorries travel between Crumlin and Pontypool, while motorists coming from the M4 and Heads of the Valleys also use it.
Levels recorded were higher than anywhere else apart from Marylebone Road in London while the figure was also higher than for monitoring boxes in Port Talbot, Cardiff and Swansea. Councillor Andrew Lewis said exhaust fumes came from lorries revving their engines to get up the hill and cars queuing during rush hour." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-36301935 |
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8th Apr 2020 12:57pm |
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| nicam Member Since: 14 Dec 2007 Location: deepest Lancashire Posts: 156 
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Saw these figures and was surprised that they weren`t a lot lower considering that road traffic has dropped an awful lot more than 50%.
Laughed when I saw a report last night that particulates were still high because of all the garden fires by people at home in lockdown - REALLY!!!!! Don`t drive faster than your angel can fly! |
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8th Apr 2020 1:40pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 928  
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It's crazy really, so many people can work from home these days, but still commute to and from work everyday up until recently, maybe this virus will see a shift in working culture in the future which is much needed imo. Certainly a way to reduce emissions dramatically.
I have been more productive and have had a better attitude to work recently doing it from home. |
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8th Apr 2020 2:32pm |
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| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907 
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I'm sure the sky has never looked bluer than it does these days. And the almost total absence of vapour trails is something else too.
Mind you, I'm wondering if the current lovely weather will end exactly to coincide with the end of the lockdown. |
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8th Apr 2020 4:22pm |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4206 
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I can work from home, and did as much as I could. My boss and immediate team mates are all in other cities anyway. But always felt I needed show my face in the office at least once or twice a week because other people either choose to go in, or don't have any option and like to moan about my lack of presence. There's always the fear I'll lose the privilege if I use it too much. That's between 40 and 80 unnecessary commuting miles a week I was doing.
I'm hopeful that problem will be eased as people have seen that many of us can be perfectly productive without having to attend some arbitrary desk every day. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS |
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8th Apr 2020 4:26pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20299
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Weird thing is when I checked the weather app today it said on that pollution was VH / Very High. (BBC Weather App).
That I can't understand as I would have thought it would have actually been low.. What does yours say if you use it? I agree that commuting isn't necessary, but that's not just car related either. (I feel this stems from the Londisian trendy culture.) I'm not sure I call work at home on the internet all day and various other stuff but that's just me. That being said, those that could do a job of sorts from home instead of an office an a different location it would work. Easily implemented by Insurance by making it SDP and Business and not commuting purposes. On the flip side, in a free country the govt won't want to be telling people how to live. The only reason for this lockdown is emergency reasons, they really didn't want to have to tell people what to do. If it wasn't for global travel, especially by air we wouldn't be in the position we are now at least as fast. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ |
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8th Apr 2020 5:36pm |
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| cold Member Since: 15 Dec 2018 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 118 |
So is this more ammunition for the pro EV, death to the Defender lobby?
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8th Apr 2020 5:52pm |
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| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907
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I know pollen was supposed to be very high today. It wasn't that you saw perhaps?
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8th Apr 2020 6:04pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20299
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No, it was both as it has both on it. The pollen has been up for quite a little bit of time.
The last day or two it has shown pollution go from high to VH, from medium before that. I would have expected it to have been low to be honest. Tomorrow it's showing medium until Sunday then High on Sunday. At least as a country we aren't destroying the Ozone layer unlike another country begining with C. 
UV has been at least medium / high today too, but it has been a nice day. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️ |
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8th Apr 2020 6:13pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Not sure what figures you were seeing but this is the Defra map for today:
Click image to enlarge Today : With light, variable winds, areas of Moderate air pollution are possible today in parts of the south, east, and Midlands, and possibly areas of High pollution in the far southeast. Other areas of the UK will see mainly Low levels of air pollution. However, the present nationwide restrictions are likely to result in somewhat lower pollution levels than indicated. https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/forecasting/?day=1#forecast_map |
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8th Apr 2020 6:36pm |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283
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That map shows the trouble with southerly winds.
Essex gets London's filthy air! |
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9th Apr 2020 8:04pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3257 
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/ma...-east-ends WARNING.
This post may contain sarcasm. |
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9th Apr 2020 8:17pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
Click image to enlarge N02 in Chanel tad high |
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9th Apr 2020 8:40pm |
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