As i drive to work in the mornings i bask in the life giving glow of the sun as it pops its head over the horizon. "Whoopee, good for you" i hear you lovely people say. The problem is the picture i get to see every morning could have been cut straight from a national geographic article on the state of the planet.
For many parts of my journey on the morning the golden orb of the sun, sitting low on the horizon, has many silhouettes of black smoke belching chimneys cut into it. The sky, which at home (harb) would be that washed out winter grey or pale blue, is smudged brown along the tops of the city blocks. I can't describe just how nasty the colour looks, suffice to say that what i used to cough up in the morning, when i was a smoker, comes close!
This shouldn't come as a shock to me, i know. London is a city, it has industry, it still has smog. The thing is i really didn't think pollution was that bad, that factories were actually allowed to burn things and that cars still kick out loads of crap.
I really shouldn't be so naive, i really need to get a prius.
Charlotte
For many parts of my journey on the morning the golden orb of the sun, sitting low on the horizon, has many silhouettes of black smoke belching chimneys cut into it. The sky, which at home (harb) would be that washed out winter grey or pale blue, is smudged brown along the tops of the city blocks. I can't describe just how nasty the colour looks, suffice to say that what i used to cough up in the morning, when i was a smoker, comes close!
This shouldn't come as a shock to me, i know. London is a city, it has industry, it still has smog. The thing is i really didn't think pollution was that bad, that factories were actually allowed to burn things and that cars still kick out loads of crap.
I really shouldn't be so naive, i really need to get a prius.
Charlotte
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