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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by throwaway8941 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @09:15AM (#21202840)
In winter time, almost every evening, from 6:00 PM through the night. Except for windy days (from ~7 m/s upwards), which are pretty rare.

It's all because of the old Soviet heavy industry which hasn't been properly maintained since 1991 (say what you want about USSR, but there was more responsibility then), crappy gasoline, lots of old cars which made their first 100k miles in Germany or US, high sulfur coal being used in stoves... the whole shebang.

Did I mention that some people use cow dung/rubber/plastic rubbish in their stoves?

Yep, we're living on the same planet as you are.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by davedx on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @11:03AM (#21203892)
It sounds terrible, I feel truly sorry anyone has to live with so much air pollution. You're right I haven't seen any coverage of Kazakhstan in the media I read.
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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by jabl on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @10:17AM (#21203479)
Are you still using mazut as well?
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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by mos_basik on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:36PM (#21208918)
Not the person you were asking, but I did a double take on your question because I had thought growing up in the DRC that "mazut" was the French word for diesel. Turns out mazut is a separate thing. Also, it was definitely used in the local heavy trucks up to the last time I was there in 2011 - ones like this: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5292/5509628757_f8219820b9_z....
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