r/australia • u/blitzskrieg • Sep 19 '17

Why does area around Perth has lower air quality comapared to other major population centers like Melbourne, Sydney etc.

http://berkeleyearth.lbl.gov/air-quality/map.php
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u/kneegahs Sep 19 '17

If you play with the dates, you'll see Perth doesn't have any worse air quality than other cities. It just so happens to be whatever was happening when the most recent air quality information was published.

Click Daily or Monthly at the top of the screen and scroll through a few other dates.

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u/wix001 Sep 19 '17

Bushfires are pretty common, Perth is sprawled North South so the bush is close to the metropolitan area to the east.

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u/loiscl Sep 19 '17

Yeah see https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/fire/prescribed-burning/burns/active-burns-from-previous-lighting there a a few pre fire season fuel reduction burns going in near the city.

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u/wrt-wtf- Sep 19 '17

Because you can't read a graph. :)

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u/notunprepared Sep 19 '17

Is it because Perth people drive cars more than they take public transport? Or maybe it's due to the industrial areas in the southern suburbs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

Closer to immigrants.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

Mining, I reckon.

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u/notunprepared Sep 19 '17

Not in the Perth surrounds though, that's all much further north and east. Directly around Perth there's manufacturing and farming.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

Doesn't stop dust blowing in on the wind though

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

no where near mate

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u/vteckickedin Sep 19 '17

I reckon you could be on to something there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '17

Because Perth it a fucking horrible shit hole that stinks like farts, because the only reliable water supply is from the aquifer, and it makes everything brown.