Will Massive Smog Vacuums Save Our Cities?
Since the second industrial revolution in the late 19th century, humanity has enjoyed the benefits laid down by advances in steel production, electricity and petroleum. However, such progress led to increases in greenhouse gas emissions, which have risen steadily for the past century.
Today, cities around the world are frequently beset by smog, which is often attributed to motor vehicle emissions, wood-burning fires, exhaust from diesel generators, dust from construction sites, and other causes.
The problem is a global phenomenon:
The smog in Dehli was so thick that it recently closed airports and kept people inside.
LA’s smog is the worst in the US for 19 or the past 20 years.
China’s smog problem spiked again in the first quarter of 2019.
While efforts are underway to minimize the causes of smog on a city by city basis, the reality is that doing so requires a difficult societal shift. As a result, designers are working to create smog traps around the world.
Imagine towers nearly 350 feet tall spread around cities filtering the air:
Welcome to your dystopian future in the 4th Industrial Revolution.
A smog tower in Rotterdam.
-Adam