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Getting rid of combustion in urban areas is one of the biggest public health wins available, on the same scale as famous past examples like banning leaded gasol
by comicjk 9y ago
Getting rid of combustion in urban areas is one of the biggest public health wins available, on the same scale as famous past examples like banning leaded gasoline. The only reason we haven't already done it is lack of alternatives.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoWe have electric cars now, and we had plenty of ways to make public transport electric in the past without significantly reducing its flexibility - this makes me think it's not about lack of alternatives, but something else. My first suspicion is that fossil fuel transportation is still cheaper. Hopefully this will change soon.
- akira2501 9y ago> but something else. The high cost of completely changing your fleet of vehicles, your driver and mechanics training and bringing in a whole new set of vendors and service professionals to tie it all together. > My first suspicion is that fossil fuel transportation is still cheaper. Yes, it's just about a lot more than the vehicles themselves.
- curun1r 9y agoEspecially now that we're seeing effects of air pollution that go beyond respiratory issues: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25310992 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25310992