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Seriously? Just in France, diesel emissions kill 42,000 persons every year [0]. In California, they kill at 1,500 to 2,400 people a year [1]. It might be possi
by jeromeflipo 11y ago
Seriously? Just in France, diesel emissions kill 42,000 persons every year [0]. In California, they kill at 1,500 to 2,400 people a year [1].
It might be possible that these estimations rely on measurements communicated by the manufacturers (i.e underestimated by 40x)!
[0] http://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2013/03/02/diesel-42000-morts-prematurees-chaque-annee-en-france_1841726_1651302.html http://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2013/03/02/diesel-42000-...
[1] http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/diesel/diesel-health.htm http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/diesel/diesel-health.htm
- happyscrappy 11y agoEuropean cities have much worse air pollution than American ones because they went with diesels instead of hybrids in an attempt to be more green and partly because of German auto lobbying.