* China's skyrocketing wages have not only eliminated its labor cost edge - they are several times those of nearby countries like Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia and higher than all of Latin America with the sole exception of Chile. So Chinese companies with operations in China need every advantage they can get. And one of those advantages is the Chinese government turning a blind eye to pollution regulations in order to prevent mass layoffs.
In addition, capital controls to prevent capital flight mean that Chinese companies can't just move their plants abroad, even though some would like to. It's a question of survival rather than greed. Walmart doesn't care that Chinese wages are up when a supply contract comes up for renewal. They want a lower price, or they'll go with a (non-Chinese) supplier with a plant in Vietnam or Indonesia who can deliver that price. So some Chinese companies would like to move abroad, but the Chinese government is throttling their ability to do so.
Compare readings to two months ago..........................
Any steel mills nearby?..................
I have seen fumigation videos.
What are they spraying/fogging? Sulphur Dioxide?
Also, does every municipality keep these fumigation trucks/rigs on stand-by for such an event? I have never seen this type of equipment before...
Did they anticipate having to fog the city because of the Level 4 bioresearch facility in Wuhan?
Where’s Greta on this?
Sulphur dioxide? Goodness...what will Greta have to say about that?
Or.... facing a fuel supply shortage, Wuhan is burning more coal. It’s not like SO2 is found only in corpses.
I would imagine we have satellites capable of such high solution imaging that we wouldn’t have to speculate on the basis of SO2 emissions.
SO2 is a byproduct of burning coal, something China is known for. Even if factories are idled, you still need power generation.
Though it is interesting that Chunking is also showing large sulfur dioxide releases, in that it was the number one destination of people leaving Wuhan at the start of the Lunar Holiday.
I’ve been searching for information about confirmed case in Chunking but there simply isn’t much about Chunking in the news.
The concentration of sulfur in the Human Body is only 0.3% of body mass. That is not sufficient body mass to raise the air content index of sulfur in the atmosphere what this study claims.
What is, is that China uses high sulfur content coal to generate electricity. More people staying home, locked down, using electric heat to warm their apartments during winter 24/7 will actually use more electricity, requiring more coal burning than normal. Chinese Coal burning electrical plants are located on the peripheries of the cities.
That is a more logical explanation for the increase in sulfur in the atmosphere than burning human bodies.
ping...
When power is handed over to the State this is what happens....
These endless, nonstop breaking news stories are doing nothing constructive except getting the same folks all wound up.
This is freaking speculation...NOTHING MORE!
You folks who keep posting this sh*t are helping nothing, You’re only fueling hysteria!
They might also be incinerating people who did not die from the virus. Just putting folks down nazi-style.
How long before Greta Thunberg calls for banning sulfur dioxide?
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Given the size of Wuhan, a boost in cremations due to the epidemic wouldn't be out of the ordinary, assuming the regime is lying about the actual number of dead.
Really?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation#Environmental_impact