ever heard of an agglomerator ?
well the technology is there and clear views and no s–t in your lungs are readily available if the local power companies are forced by EPD to install it
it is in their hands
set th ePM2.5 levels to US EPA standards and the power companies will fit it
they wil have to
look up Indigo agglomerator on Google
CLP is trying one now at Castle Peak
It needs 16 to cover all its eight boilers at Castle Peak
Percentage wise HK Electric is a far bigger polluter than CLP that has a larger gas and nuclear fuel mix
HK Electric are not even considering the technology
They should be forced to by the AQOs that EPD issues
what would it cost for clear air?
well 10 day’s coal bill for CLP would cover the cost of another 15 agglomerators
what do they do?
they charge the ultrafine particles so that they ‘stick’ to the larger PM10 particles that the electrostatic precipitators in the chimney stacks catch (soot catchers)
the power companies say they catch 99% of particulates Gee
they cannot catch the PM2.5 that kills people and causes our low visibility and adds to the HKG haze
and that 1% is thousands of tonnes into our air and straight into your lungs since your nose and throat hairs cannot stop them
so for a few bucks Exxon Mobil and Li Ka Shing can clear our air, and EPD has the power to make them do it by just issuing one AQO standard they must meet – PM2.5
the agglomerators reduce the fine particulates issued from the power generation stacks by between 70% and 90%
use the technology