I predict that nothing will change, we will carry on breathing polluted air, the situation will get worse but still, nothing will change.
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Germans would say "Tja", shrug and then drive with their unnecessarily big car to the bakery which is around the corner to buy some Mettwurstbrötchen. Sitting then with their friends at a Stammtisch over a beer and talk angrily about how people need to change something before they fall into bed and forget about it.
Sound more like the U.S. than Germany - Germany has the €49/month public transport ticket, relatively good public transport offerings and a green party that has the best election results of the western industrial countries. Of course shutting down nuclear power plants didn't do them any favours regarding pollution.
49? Damn, it's like €90 in Stockholm.
We will vote for the same people, keep buying iPhones, and get distracted by stupid shit. As is customary.
Car drivers:
Wood stoves are a major problem. As soon as it gets cold in Germany, air pollution rises from below 5µg/m^3 to 20-100 µg/m^3 and stays there for months (in this particular area).
Wood stove smells good so acceptable air pollution.
Does this mean we can go back to 2 stroke engines then? That would be amazing, I mean not for the planet but I love that smell so much…
Absolutely.
The sound on the other hand..
As someone who lives in a wood-heated house, what do you suggest I do? I'd rather not freeze to death and I can't afford any other heating options
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Dang. In wildfire season here in western Canada, my air filter gets brought out well before the 100 mark.
[...] Our food is unfit to eat, our air is unfit to breathe...
Luckily the world isn't going crazy or we live in a depression or the Russians are doing something or we don't go out anymore and the world is getting smaller.
Why is it so bad in Northern Italy?
That's where all the Italian industry is at.
I was wondering if the alps also contribute by trapping the smog there
Probably a bit. It's the Po valley after all. But it's mostly the density of industry.