1 month ago
Thurs Nov 28, 2024 1:43pm PST
Show HN: My city makes me smoke 40 cigarettes per day
My city is dying and no one cares.

I live in Delhi and it recently hit AQI 1000 - equivalent to smoking 40+ cigarettes daily. Yet people around me still believe you can "build immunity" to air pollution.

Frustrated by this dangerous misconception, I built an open-source tool that translates abstract AQI numbers into metrics people viscerally understand: cigarettes you're unknowingly "smoking" and hours of life lost each day.

Features:

- Real-time conversion of AQI to cigarette equivalents

- Daily life expectancy impact calculation

- Location-based tracking

Live demo: https://air.nmn.gl/

GitHub: https://github.com/namanyayg/air/

Looking for feedback to make the health impact even more compelling & additional metrics that could drive awareness

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