
The city of Beijing has drawn widely-publicized
controversy due to its
poor air-quality leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympic games. In fact, the air pollution is at least
two to three times higher than levels deemed safe by the
World Health Organization at this very moment. To ease the minds of the competing athletes, the city of Beijing is taking steps to improve the situation and has
promised clean air for the games. Officials in Beijing have already cut the number of vehicles driving in the city in half by alternating what vehicles are allowed to drive each day and have asked more people to
ride bikes. Now, they've
banned car repairs and spray painting until after the games are over. We are all for the athletes rights to breathe clean air, but we also have to wonder about the economic cost associated with cutting out all automotive repairs and painting.
[Source:
Motor Authority]