Take on Blue Skies

I have been emailing with a buddy of mine who is in China for the
first time at the same time I'm here asked about the 'fog' he sees out
the window

The best answer I could give him

Yeah basically that fog is billions of microscopic particles of carbon
monoxide cutting into your lungs like billions of small razor blades
and it is all caused by that new coal firing power plant they build
every single week of the year. I have been to China 10 times and
literally have only seen blue sky once...a week after the Olympics.
Speaking with a few natives they tell me that the city of Beijing will
close 3500 factories next year to help air pollution which really only
means that the rest of the country will have to take a deep breath and
double-down
You see people walking around with those blue masks which I guess
can't hurt but is probably as effective of wrapping your unit in
aluminum foil before you sleep with a Colombian prostitute.


See this is China where if you rank the importance of anything it
lands somewhere behind; growth, growth and growth. The air is so
thick that when you leave it feels like you removed a sock from your
mouth. The closest I can compare it to is what it must feel like for
somebody with asthma because you can't get a full breath, it is like
breathing when it is 110 degrees with 98% humidity in a sauna except
your skin doesn't get revitalized and there is NO chance of catching a
glimpse of a Double D