ugh, what that? its so smelly!

Last semester break, we the green people went for a trip to Melaka. We booked the hotel online, and it was very cheap and nicely decorated. Sadly, the website didn't mention that the hotel was located next to a huge "loji kumbahan" and only god knows how smelly it was. The purpose of a vacation is to relax rite? But there was NO way we could relax with the awful smells wafting into our hotel room all the time. I'm sure the other customers are also very bothered by it.

You see, smells that come from these kind of sources are also a source of air pollution. Such as pile of garbage, the smell of the fumes from run-down buses and many others. Air pollution can also be caused by the smokes that come from vehicles, open-fires, cigarrettes and many more. Air pollution is also associated with smog, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and the"holes" in the ozone layer that is caused by clorofluorocarbon.

Air pollution affects our environment badly. First of all, to the human race. Bad air means bad ventilation in our body systems. Our body would not be able to acquire fresh oxygen as we would be inhaling more toxins rather than O2. Everyone knows how important the oxygen is for our body, for our mind, for our blood circulation. When we inhale toxic gases from vehicle fumes and such, the carbons inside the fumes invade our body and caused our body to get sick. Our body can suffer from normal cough to lung cancer. The effect of inhaling toxic fumes's effects can also be like when you start smoking. The toxics will invade out blood circulation system and slowly destroy our body little by little. The fact that most Malaysians prefer to take their own vehicles to go anywhere instead of carpooling or taking public transportation also doesn't help.

This could be us in another 50 years.

Another type of air pollution is the release of noxious gases such as sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxides, and other chemical vapors. The release of these gases cause smog and acid rain to fall, therefore destroying a lot of sickness and destruction.

Air pollution can also cause something that we call "the greenhouse effect". In other words, it is also called global warming caused by the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As the amount of carbon dioxide increases, the heat trapped in the surface of the earth and rises the earth's temperature. Even the smallest changes in temperature would affect the earth in a huge way. The ice at antartica is melting these days, causing the sea level to increase. This is a major catastrophe.

Poor polar bear....he can't even find a place to stand. Everything has melted!

So, from smelly industrial plants to vehicle fumes, even the smallest thing could cause a major catastrophe. I might even loose my pet plant. :(