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A comment on 1.7M premature deaths annually from air pollution in India. Parent comment

Re:1.7M premature deaths annually from air pollution in India by wolfretcrap on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:32AM (#25515366)
We've HVAC at our place in Delhi, population is only a problem for poor people.
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Re:1.7M premature deaths annually from air pollution in India by octodog on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:40AM (#25515411)
God forbid you ever want to go outside, not run aircon all day or happen to be poor
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Re:1.7M premature deaths annually from air pollution in India by Scapeghost on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:24PM (#25519836)
Bubbles of privilege are never a real solution to endemic societal issues. What will you do when you don't even have any electricity to run the HVAC on?

In most third-world regions with similar pollution people don't even have a reliable electric power grid.

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