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markb110



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Is the Russian fleet sailing through the Channel again Whistle
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Lol, that was exactly my 1st thought Laughing
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Slideywindows wrote:
That map shows the trouble with southerly winds.

Essex gets London's filthy air!


Not wishing to be rude, but isn't the parts of Essex that run adjacent to the Thames heavily industrialised?
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I thought cows farting caused all the pollution; have they stopped?
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nicam wrote:
Saw these figures and was surprised that they weren`t a lot lower considering that road traffic has dropped an awful lot more than 50%.


dorsetsmith wrote:
N02 in Chanel tad high


Hmm.. thoughts are...

There's still loads of commercial vehicles on the road at the moment
Over half of London's pollution comes from the boats, industry, public transport and construction which goes a long way to explaining that passenger cars are a soft target rather than the major cause of pollution.
And the English Channel - shows how dirty shipping bunker fuel is despite the latest Sulphur regulations. JB

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Chopperone wrote:
I thought cows farting caused all the pollution; have they stopped?
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Nope - they're wearing PPE. JB

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