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yelloworld1947 t1_ivhbnro wrote

Why is India refining petroleum for everyone? Is this why air quality is so terrible?

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TacticalNuke002 t1_ivilfpk wrote

It obviously contributes but most of the air quality issues come from farmers burning crop stubble in the northern states instead of taking the time to do more useful things with it like converting into biofuel.

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yelloworld1947 t1_iviuict wrote

Yes I suspect refining isn’t the major culprit, most of it is done in coastal India, so the pollutants disperse over the ocean.

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Brzwolf t1_ivj0wrs wrote

If i had to guess, its because a refinery worker in india makes around 400 dollars a month... while a refinery worker in the Netherlands makes around 5500 dollars every month.

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i_m_horni t1_ivjanps wrote

In India one meal costs 1-1.5 dollar. Can't say the same for Netherlands. For more info refer purchasing power parity of money.

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Brzwolf t1_ivn0yf1 wrote

The local purchasing power of the Indian currency is irrelevant to oil company shipping oil to india to be refined.

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