Here's what Chinese smog does to a high-speed train

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Making Smog Great Again!

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Yeah – that was one of the better days for sure. The best days I was there were after rain where I could see blue sky. The worst days were basically 1970s Los Angeles in appearance.

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So… I’m headed to Beijing in two weeks, and I’ll be there for two weeks. Do I really need to bring a mask? Or is that only needed if you’ll be exposed for longer periods of time? If I do need a mask, where can I find what kind I should get? I’m assuming that the Chinese government is not a good source of information on the best remediation techniques…

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I once spent a week or so in Beijing in August in the early 2000s. I never saw the sun, due to how heavy the smog was. I could be daylight, but with no identifiable light source.

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The same train? The brown one doesn’t have the vents. They differ just under the windshield in the middle. Similar looking, but they look like different trains.

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Cut to one of Trump’s cabinet-cronies reading your post with growing excitement. “Yeah! Yeah, call it patina! That’s the ticket!”

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Great idea! Too bad that trick won’t work for the citizens’ lungs.

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I am assuming that they have attempted to clean them.

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Got cleaned up after someone finger-scrawled “wash me” on it.

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Uh… Ouch.

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Freedom Stripes

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“We’ve removed the Great Barrier Reef from the endangered list, so it’s clearly out of danger!”

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I’m always amazed at how dirty my ceiling fan blades get. Aren’t they moving fast through the air? You’d think they’d blow the dust away.

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Dude they sell them everywhere. Try any Carrefours outlet. You don’t have to wear a mask - but if you are an asthmatic or have a weak respiratory system it would be a good idea. If you’re not a smoker a couple of weeks there will probably be the equivalent of a carton or two. Try http://www.thebeijinger.com/ it has a daily pollution reading .142 today - merely unhealthy for sensitive groups - Its been around 300 lately.

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Coming soon, The Jersey Barrier Reef

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Its a Siemens/Bombardier Velaro. In Germany those bullet trains are used under the name ICE 3 for almost 20 years, also they are used in Russia, Spain and Turkey on high speed lines. Its as much bad 70s SF as a commercial airliner of a Citybus.

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Whereas the dirty train looks like it’s come from a lived in universe.

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No need; out of sight, out of mind.

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And have the painters inhale deeply so their lungs match. Oh, wait they already do!

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