PROLOGUE

 

This is a picture of air pollution                                                                                                                  And belive it or not there is a city down there!!
Could you belive it. Its Ulaanbaatar right in front of you!!

air pollution in Ulaanbaatar

Pollution in UB

Introduction

     You think we are going in to the future; actually we are creating the future. That is an expression when it comes to global warming. Do you know where the most polluted air comes from? That answer is Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar has the most polluted air in the world because of gers. (A cultural unique tent made of felt) In the middle of the tent there is a stove. People put in coal, wood, and animal waste to make it light. This creates coal dust and creates the air pollution in UB. But not only gers contribute to UB’s air pollution. Power plants, cars, and factories contribute too. The mountains around UB form a cup to hold the air pollution in. So you could imagine how bad the air pollution in UB is with all of these producers.

How it changes

     Air pollution is getting worse and worse every year. Every year the traffic gets 20% more so more engines run more pollution in UB. More pollution means more deaths in UB. In worldwide 200,000 to 570,000 people die each year. People are still trying to figure out exactly how many percent has it rose in UB. In the year 2000 UB was not as bad as it is now. People would go outside and people would use the expression go outside to get some fresh air but now go outside to have lung diseases. People are already trying to solve this problem. Mr. Burak Inaac and his colonies are making energy efficient products. They all ready made a few products or ideas. An energy efficient ger stove is an idea; another idea is the felt outer layer of the ger so none of the heat inside would go out and new energy efficient home generally.

Why UB has the most polluted air in the world  

There are a lot of reasons UB has the most polluted air in the world. First of all gers produce coal dust when used and the trees cannot absorb coal dust so it just floats around Ulaanbaatar. This pollution thing is the most disadvantage of living or even visiting Ulaanbaatar. Look at the picture below and look at that entire smoke going into the innocent sky. You will notice that these power plants are really pollutes the air but this doesn’t pollute the air 50% it is about 30-20% of the air pollution in Ulaanbaatar. The ger stoves contribute much more so you don’t even want to know how many metric tons it weighs.    

Solutions for the problem

Well for many different reasons people argue which solution is the best and the most effective way. The main one in the States is the idea of planting trees. In Ulaanbaatar it is mostly said to use energy efficient products because of the reason that trees cannot absorb the coal dust which gers produce. Use less energy if you want to stop this problem and I bet you would want to help the air pollution so just turn off your lights to stop the air pollutants that are coming out of the power plants. It is a good idea to stop one section of the air pollution problem than the other. Turn off the car when there is a lot of traffic. (There are always so many cars that you want to kill yourself) anyway there is a lot of traffic in Ulaanbaatar. If you want to know how much well go to Ulaanbaatar and figure out and you WILL wish that you want to DIE.

Conclusion

So it all comes together. Introduction, how it changes, why the most polluted air, blah blah blah. Air pollution is a very infuriating process. The people hate it, the animals hate it and most importantly the earth hates it. This process of which the earth gets warmer because of pollution is called the greenhouse effect or global warming. It is the environment that the earth needs us the most to help the earth be a better place in which no air pollution is one of the main reasons that the earth is suffering.