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Mexico City Fights Smog by Electrifying Air
A new experiment in Mexico City is attempting to control rampant air pollution by injecting electricity into the air.
Start Date: 2/10/99
A brief "Earth Alert" report at Discovery Channel Online (http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/990104/smogmexico.html) dated January 8, 1999, states that Mexico City has begun an experiment in smog control that involves "controlled injection of free electrical charges in the atmosphere, through large antennas."
Mexico's capital is infamous for its suffocating air pollution, brought about in part by poorly regulated emissions of millions of cars, and made worse by the surrounding geography which tends to capture polluted air in a large "bowl" directly above the high-elevation city.
Now, according to a January 7 announcement by Mexico's environmental ministry, the new electrical technology seems able to substantially reduce ozone pollution in the air. A test last October resulted in the lowest air ozone levels since 1986, the ministry said. The technology is said to manipulate weather conditions, creating cleansing rains or winds to sweep away the pollution, the ministry said.
GSReport has learned that Mexican authorities have explored several novel approaches to such weather and smog control during the decade of the 1990s. Success in Mexico City may lead to similar experiments in other heavily polluted cities.
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