It is difficult to imagine that any country’s officials would knowingly submit their population to higher health risks by not acting to reduce white particles solely because they counteract global warming. On the contrary, sulfur emissions have been reduced over the last few decades in both Europe and North America, owing to a desire to promote health and counter acidification; and China, too, seems to be taking measures to reduce sulfur emissions and improve the country’s terrible air quality.
很难想象有哪个国家的官员会明知白色颗粒物对国民造成的健康危害而不采取行动，就因为这样做能抵消全球变暖所造成的后果。相反，过去几十年来由于希望增进健康和抵御酸化，欧洲和北美国家的硫排放量已经开始减少；中国也似乎正在采取措施减少硫的排放，改善国内可怕的空气质量。但是，随着世界其他地区工业化速度的逐步加快，硫排放量也开始持续增加。