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Steve Hanley's avatar

Your lead comment says it all. If we can't see it, we think it doesn't exist and can be safely ignored. If we could find a way to make FPMs visible, we would stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow -- if not sooner!

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MundaneMarvels's avatar

Thank you for this information. Even though I often choose the gym over roadside paths, the irony isn't lost on me. My gym stands beside a major highway, quietly absorbing the very exhaust I hope to avoid. Reading this post made one thing painfully clear: escaping pollution isn't just about stepping indoors or choosing a quieter route. It's about recognizing that the air itself, whether inside or out, is shaped by the fires we continue to feed.

This is more than a public health crisis. It's a design problem and a moral challenge, asking us to reimagine the spaces we occupy and the comforts we've normalized. The age of fire has defined so much of human progress. But as this article points out, it's also quietly eroding our health, our cognition, and our time.

Where I live in Latin America, there's momentum behind electric cars and public buses, which offers hope. But the reality is more complicated. Diesel is everywhere... cars, pickups, and trucks dominate the roads with exhaust that feels both outdated and inescapable.

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