Electric and ICE forever together?
Was told by a car salesperson that don't be fooled into thinking ICE Vehicles will not be manufactured anymore or sold after 2035. He said they will still be manufactured along with electric ones and ...
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way2roll wrote:"reductions in emissions yielded $270 billion in social benefits in the U.S. in 2017"2oldman wrote:way2roll wrote:Automobile and truck tailpipe emissions of co2.
Not a single person has yet to explain to me what problems EV's are actually solving.
Yeah it's always "tailpipe emissions". That was the original earth saving mantra. Unfortunately that's only a small percentage of the actual impact. You think the machines that mine raw materials have decent tailpipe emissions? How about the ships that transport it, or the trucks that deliver them? How about the caustic and hazardous waste, ecological impact from mining, continued dependency on foreign nations and the lack of their eco and humanitarian friendly operations? Nevermind the continued emissions and impact from producing electricity to run EV's. Ev's aren't saving the planet and reciting "tailpipe emissions" means you haven't bothered to do any real research on the topic. You have to look deeper. You'd think people really interested in saving the planet would do the homework to ensure that their fancy purchase is having the actual benefit they have been lead to believe.
But snippet "talpipe emissions" and bury heads in sand to justify the continued digging in pockets to support them. Just don't look behind the curtain so you can keep feeling good about it.
Of course the ever popular responses when presented with these facts are "we never really cared about it being green, they're just cool".
"deaths attributable to air pollution due to vehicle emissions dropped from 27,700 in 2008 to 19,800 in 2017"
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/decreased-vehicle-emissions-linked-with-significant-drop-in-deaths-attributable-to-air-pollution/
Just a quick example. Tons of articles on this.
Direct health benefits is a great reason to continue reducing vehicle emissions from burning gas/diesel.
Also a good reason to continue to expand solar/wind/battery/hydro/nuke power and reduce coal/gas generation.
