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04-02-2014, 01:14 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-01/chinas-smog-crisis-bestseller-bags-fresh-mountain-air
China's Smog Crisis Bestseller: Bags Of Fresh Mountain Air
No, this is not Tuesday Humor or an April Fool. As the WSJ's China Real-Time blog reports (http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/31/bags-of-mountain-air-offered-in-smog-addled-chinese-city/), this is also not a scene from Spaceballs. In the smog-ridden city of Zhengzhou, a Henan-based travel company shipped 20 bright blue bags of fresh mountain air to show oxygen-deprived city residents what they’re missing. Of course, as we have noted previously, the canned-air idea is hardly unique to Henan (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-03/china-clean-air-sells-080-breath): Rags-to-riches Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao began selling such cans in 2012 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-03/china-clean-air-sells-080-breath).
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140401_freshair1.png
Smog sufferers reportedly wrung the blu ebags out in order to extract every last bit of fresh air possible...
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140401_freshair2.png
Though the cans seem a little easier to carry...
The cost: $0.80 for a can of fresh air.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/03/air%20for%20sale.jpg
China's Smog Crisis Bestseller: Bags Of Fresh Mountain Air
No, this is not Tuesday Humor or an April Fool. As the WSJ's China Real-Time blog reports (http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/31/bags-of-mountain-air-offered-in-smog-addled-chinese-city/), this is also not a scene from Spaceballs. In the smog-ridden city of Zhengzhou, a Henan-based travel company shipped 20 bright blue bags of fresh mountain air to show oxygen-deprived city residents what they’re missing. Of course, as we have noted previously, the canned-air idea is hardly unique to Henan (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-03/china-clean-air-sells-080-breath): Rags-to-riches Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao began selling such cans in 2012 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-03/china-clean-air-sells-080-breath).
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140401_freshair1.png
Smog sufferers reportedly wrung the blu ebags out in order to extract every last bit of fresh air possible...
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/04/20140401_freshair2.png
Though the cans seem a little easier to carry...
The cost: $0.80 for a can of fresh air.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/03/air%20for%20sale.jpg