THIS is insane..

The air pollution in China is so bad this is happening.  The manufacturing factories and increasing number of commuters burning fossil fuels has contributed to this epidemic.  Beijing, one of the largest cities and the capital of the country has seen some of the worst pollution.  One company is capitalizing on this situation:

Canadian start-up selling bottled air from the Rocky Mountains has seen a surge of sales from China, with its first shipment selling out in four days.

The concept of Vitality Air was dreamt up back in 2013, when a couple of Canadians auctioned off a bag of air for less than 99 cents on eBay. Their second bag sold for US$160. “That’s when we realised there is a market for this,” co-founder Moses Lam told The Telegraph. 

While most of us are pretty satisfied with the air we get for free, increasing anxiety over the health effects of China’s polluted air – which in Beijing is worse than it’s ever been – has driven some to fork out as much as US$22.95 for a 10-litre bottle of 97 percent ‘Pure Premium Oxygen’, which “provides upwards of 200 inhalations!”. The same amount of cash will get you 7.7 litres of ‘Lake Louise Air’, which gives you 150 breaths.

What do you think?  Is this insanity or is there some benefit to this product?

thanks to sciencealert.com for the great info

thanks to vitalityair.com for the pic

Here is the clip from Star Wars parody movie from the 80s “Spaceballs”.  He sneaks a can of fresh air before getting busted by his staff.

Who would have though that comedy could become reality in some countries?  What should some of the people in Beijing do?  If their economic livelihood is tied to the geographic area, what solutions could they improve upon?