Can you make your day less polluted? - BBC London News

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  • čas přidán 7. 03. 2017
  • London is one of the most polluted cities on earth - and its toxic air is a real worry for parents. But is there anything they can do about it? Inside Out meets a panel of experts, who believe small changes in our daily routines, can improve the quality of the air we breathe. We’ll put their theories to the test - by tracking a London family with newly developed pollution sensors. Can changing the way they get to work, or even clean their home really make a difference?
    www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mkv

Komentáře • 92

  • @londonundergroundfan1563
    @londonundergroundfan1563 Před 6 lety +57

    This is just disappointing... "Oh, look at all those cars emitting pollution! Well, let's get in the car and drive to school!" Maybe start in your own life and then complain about others. Public transport is so good in London, why even bother with the car?

    • @paxundpeace9970
      @paxundpeace9970 Před 4 lety +1

      Still some Destination couldn't reached so easy

    • @nore3
      @nore3 Před 4 lety +6

      The London Underground is apparently one of the most polluted in the world, with 17x more pollution than on the street, 7x above the safe level (according to World health organisation). Look it up and consider wearing a filtered mask on the tube.

    • @qwrasw
      @qwrasw Před 4 lety +2

      @@nore3 That's interesting, London Underground has a much higher level of iron oxide particulates than anywhere in the world.

  • @123ObbYzz
    @123ObbYzz Před 6 lety +52

    It makes me laugh because he uses a car himself.... Walk or cycle to work mate, or car share for the love of the planet

    • @MrWhite-pn7ui
      @MrWhite-pn7ui Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah, no. I'll keep my car.

    • @lw3646
      @lw3646 Před 5 lety +4

      It's the tradgey of the commons. Everyone wants to drive everywhere but nobody wants to get ill themselves from breathing dirty air.

    • @kaasis85
      @kaasis85 Před 5 lety +2

      Some personal initiative is needed but it's a separate issue altogether. It's up to policymakers how traffic and pollution is managed. Walking, cycling and public transportation should be incentivized, not by telling people to do their bit but by making it actually more convenient to walk and cycle and using cars more expensive. Put a big pollution tax on personal cars, make roads only available for cyclers or pedestrians, fund electric buses and taxes etc. Right now, whether you want clean air or not, you must be a stupid superhero to cycle because it exposes you to far more pollution that sitting inside a car but for people to switch first you need to give them a good alternative. Once critical mass of people switch to cycling and walking, more people will start changing their habits and the city will cater to their needs rather than those of drivers.

    • @paxundpeace9970
      @paxundpeace9970 Před 4 lety +1

      In London really?

    • @Rikard_A
      @Rikard_A Před 3 lety +1

      Getting an electrical car or doing proper maintance on your car.

  • @bobthebuilder8619
    @bobthebuilder8619 Před 4 lety +5

    Imagine the lady being suddenly woken up in the middle of the night to be shown an aqi reading by the man.
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @lw3646
    @lw3646 Před 5 lety +12

    There was a time when a man had to walk if he wanted to go out. But men got lazy, wanted to drive everywhere instead.

  • @TheTrickshot77
    @TheTrickshot77 Před 2 lety +2

    My daughter bought me an electric scooter for my birthday, she told me how it would be better for the environment if I used it to travel to and from work each day. The police took it off me and gave me a fine. I will be blasting black smoke from my van again every day from now on.

  • @Earth098
    @Earth098 Před 4 lety +4

    Using public transportation is on of the best way to reduce air pollution. Also, schools can introduce school buses, so those who drive to school can use that instead.

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      yes good idea with schoool buses tho the only thing will happen is every kid coming late to school. in my country the council pays for school buses

  • @itswilson7693
    @itswilson7693 Před 3 lety +9

    But... He's driving a car himself while complaining about how bad the air pollution is.
    I am confused, bamboozled and baffled.

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman Před 2 lety +1

    When people talk global warming I’m like yada yada
    Put pollution really gets to me

  • @cavl894
    @cavl894 Před 4 lety +5

    This guy is driving and complaining what a hypocrite

    • @imranraja6156
      @imranraja6156 Před 3 lety

      Yup, looks to me as he’s just upset with the traffic on his commute LOL

  • @william62922
    @william62922 Před 4 lety +4

    These stupid licensed factorys polluting my globe.

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      well you can't eliminate factories its more the consumers fault.

  • @Earth098
    @Earth098 Před 6 lety +11

    Great story!! another the thing the city can do is to increase public transportation. One bus can replace more than 15 cars.

    • @MrWhite-pn7ui
      @MrWhite-pn7ui Před 6 lety +3

      Yeah but a personal car is far more convenient.

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety +2

      @@MrWhite-pn7ui take that back bc traffic duh

    • @MrWhite-pn7ui
      @MrWhite-pn7ui Před 3 lety +1

      @@Mgameing123 The buses get caught in traffic too. duh

    • @prajvalrao4871
      @prajvalrao4871 Před 2 lety +2

      @@MrWhite-pn7ui This is London we're talking about. We can travel anywhere using public transport. Metros don't get stuck in traffic now, do they?

  • @yoojin7244
    @yoojin7244 Před 6 lety +4

    Cheers.😍

  • @vadimskolosovs6038
    @vadimskolosovs6038 Před 2 lety

    What is the name of the device?

  • @madhavinomula7430
    @madhavinomula7430 Před rokem

    your videos are very good and have a wide message thank you

  • @Hashterix
    @Hashterix Před 5 lety +9

    Legalise electric scooters.

  • @syedmantaka2767
    @syedmantaka2767 Před 5 lety +3

    I thought London is an environment-friendly city.

    • @bx8321
      @bx8321 Před 4 lety +3

      Think again...

    • @jordanpilcher5528
      @jordanpilcher5528 Před 3 lety +1

      It is its just the bbc and their climate agenda

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      its more environment friendly than LA bc good public transport but cities are never clean if there are cars

    • @elizikmerack2779
      @elizikmerack2779 Před 2 lety

      Hello

  • @adventurelife_
    @adventurelife_ Před rokem

    Need those electric street cars

  • @natalya5525
    @natalya5525 Před 4 lety +1

    I didn’t see any plant in their home🤨

  • @lucastodd2052
    @lucastodd2052 Před 5 lety +14

    Here's an idea: let's all return to horse and cart! GOD bless

  • @dokyungsoo8623
    @dokyungsoo8623 Před 2 lety

    I desire to use it measures that gas in Thailand lol

  • @faizazamkhan07
    @faizazamkhan07 Před 4 lety +2

    Good job guys , everyone must be understand to how to save yourself by pollution ,only by plants...!

  • @djomlas888
    @djomlas888 Před rokem

    Yall worried abot cars come to Balkan where people still burn wood to warm themselves during winter

  • @dark698701
    @dark698701 Před 2 lety

    In Skopje 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰 and all big cities air has so much pollution

  • @ryan2066
    @ryan2066 Před 3 lety

    Glad I live up north away from cities or towns

  • @florentbernard2186
    @florentbernard2186 Před 3 lety

    Trop dur Carrère

  • @ukhempahadiuk02vindrawan

    One effort safe environment

  • @moitapchoi6539
    @moitapchoi6539 Před 4 lety +2

    Hello Vietnam

  • @evolutionrhythm4416
    @evolutionrhythm4416 Před 5 lety +1

    Summary. The average human does not sense many forms of air pollution.
    In a modern culture ( where healthier alternatives exist) ,People whom choose ( emotionally enjoy) to sit around or are within close proximity to naked flames, that are oblivious to the various toxins that burning solid fuels such as wood create, is a example of " stone age brain psychology". The question is why has the average human evolved to not detect the smell of smoke accurately.i.e. A poison ( biological pollution ).
    I.e. We know that humans spent a significant part of their evolutionary history in Hunter gatherer cultures. Fire was a major component( a tool) for human success as fire provided humans with warmth, cooking and protection from predators ( e.g. lions etc ).
    However, most animals are terrified of fire. Thus my hypothesis is that over evolutionary time humans evolved that lost their fear of fire ( within the context of controling small amounts of fire.i.e. were selected for due to the ' less fear , more control of fire ' adaptation leading to reproductive success).
    In other words. In the past their was a evolutionary benefit for people to have the psychology to be drawn to " camp fires". The negative health consequences of smoke inhalation ( which typically will kill well over reproductive age ) were out weighed by the benefits open fires provided. So, this may explain why the average humans olfactory system does not sense ( associate) ' poison!' when they " sense" wood smoke in the environment ( air).
    Today in modern cultures people choosing to sit around smokey camp fires ( with all the associated toxins ) is mainly just , one of many, comparably dumb ( thoughtless) malaptaptive behavoiurs that humans choose to do , due to their brains being " wired" in the past. I.e. The Evolution of the average ( majority) human psyc hasn't caught up with the pace of technological change ( combined with being biologically illiterate) . Thus the outdated technology of burning stuff is a popular human behavior today as it was millions of years ago.

  • @Pc-xw6wt
    @Pc-xw6wt Před 4 lety +1

    lol this be my ends, im gon die

    • @Pc-xw6wt
      @Pc-xw6wt Před 4 lety +1

      @ferkemall put me in a shoebox and throw me in the ocean

  • @flitsies
    @flitsies Před 4 lety +2

    Ok this was two years ago what has changed? Nothing the pollution levels are just as high but the govt it taking more money off people for driving.
    Let's all jump on bicycles, not really practical is it, that's ok if you only need to go a short distance but many people are having to travel further and further for work.
    The hybrid busses are just as bad if not worse than the old busses but less noisy.
    He drives to work come on is he taking the piss.
    The govt needs to address the situation by accepting that there are alternative forms of transport including small personal transport, and even larger Evs with low power.
    But 250 watts is far to low for it to be meaningful.

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      1. buses are more envirmental friendly than cars bc it carries more people
      2. cheap underground services if you live in north london for people that live in south london sucks for you

    • @flitsies
      @flitsies Před 3 lety

      @@Mgameing123 1,busses may be able to carry more people but they often run empty most of the time thus negating any savings you may consider there are.
      A personal vehicle is only used when needed, so while a bus drives up and down empty a personal vehicle sits idle.
      While public transport spreads viruses and diseases personal transport keeps them to yourself.
      I'm not against public transport but I believe people should have the choice where a cleaner alternative is available.
      PEVs offer a cleaner alternative to public transport but are banned or restricted to the point of them being useless in the UK and needs to be changed so we can all make better choices in our transport needs.
      Not giving people fines and points on their licence for doing the right thing.
      Limiting escooters to 12 mph is a joke and taking the piss.
      Cars and busses all travel at 20 plus mph.
      Sensible laws governing personal electric vehicles.

  • @ivankutsenko4039
    @ivankutsenko4039 Před 4 lety +1

    Вы чё угараете, какие восемь минут? Где я возьму столько времени?

  • @THEMAGICALFORMULA
    @THEMAGICALFORMULA Před 2 lety

    Central London should be public transport push bikes and taxis that are electric... The river and canals should be used for delivers. No private cars of any kind should be in central London... People who drive their cars into London and out again should be told... Thats against the law now and it carries a £10K fine...... then the multi story car parks can house the homeless

  • @liana.juli.1750
    @liana.juli.1750 Před rokem

    Horror

  • @Gulrahman-rl4ne
    @Gulrahman-rl4ne Před rokem +1

    🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @psm4727
    @psm4727 Před 2 lety

    Use less

  • @Gulrahman-rl4ne
    @Gulrahman-rl4ne Před rokem

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 Před rokem

    So pleased that my avoidance of c London meant I can’t take in all that puke at rush hour, being an OAP helps to avoid the rat race.

  • @alexohagan8657
    @alexohagan8657 Před 5 lety +1

    Air purifier

    • @faizazamkhan07
      @faizazamkhan07 Před 4 lety

      Most easiest way is plant..!

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      @@faizazamkhan07 WRONG! wanna know an easier way:
      Remove this: CARS, PLANES, MEAT(which is impossible)

  • @jamesjohnson8279
    @jamesjohnson8279 Před 4 lety

    "The air pollution went to high as we got out of the car!!!1!" Excuse me you got out of a car of course there will be more pollution than inside the enclosed space of the car. The car is probably designed to protect you from the pollution cuz, y'know, it has doors and windows etc.

  • @Gulrahman-rl4ne
    @Gulrahman-rl4ne Před rokem

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @OksanaW
    @OksanaW Před 2 lety

    I am from Ukraine. HELP

  • @CloudFly99
    @CloudFly99 Před 6 lety +5

    So go vegan or at least vegetarian

    • @SkysurferJr
      @SkysurferJr Před 6 lety +3

      or gfys that is not what they are talking about

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety +1

      @@SkysurferJr it is more climate friendly so yes this is about the air pollution.

    • @SkysurferJr
      @SkysurferJr Před 3 lety +2

      @@Mgameing123 id like to apologise for my previous comment, that was 2 years ago and I wasn’t as educated on the matter, I have since become vegetarian. Have a good day :))

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      @@SkysurferJr ok

    • @louiswelch4104
      @louiswelch4104 Před 2 lety

      Hi beautiful

  • @cooldata2000
    @cooldata2000 Před 6 lety +3

    Perhaps if they stopped spraying the skies with Aeroplanes Chemtrail it would Improve our Air

    • @Mgameing123
      @Mgameing123 Před 3 lety

      yep just call london city to close and take the train instead of stupid planes

  • @mawkeechin5447
    @mawkeechin5447 Před rokem

    Climate cult propaganda

  • @jordanpilcher5528
    @jordanpilcher5528 Před 3 lety +1

    "I'm a doctor" no you're an actor for the bbc climate agenda

  • @leecullen7651
    @leecullen7651 Před 5 lety +3

    Yea and millions more lovely people on the way, who most will start driving. Oh the irony an immigrant talking about pollution.