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Its not only about tons of CO2 saved, since that can be fixed by trees. Asthma-causing particulates and other cancer-causing compounds are completely ignored in
by llampx 8y ago
Its not only about tons of CO2 saved, since that can be fixed by trees. Asthma-causing particulates and other cancer-causing compounds are completely ignored in that calculation, not to mention the opportunity cost of not having that $25k go into something else, like a house.
- lloeki 8y agoI agree, but: - the point was about whether changing cars every 5-10 years offsets the cost of building a new car - whatever the car you can still plant the same trees - living near a heavily polluted crossroad in a city, I guarantee you I'd rather have less CO/CO2 (as well as all the other NOx/particles crap) right out of the exhaust, not captured over decades
- llampx 8y agoMost of that pollution is coming from diesel engines in the form of particulates. Which the EU happily allowed so as to reduce CO2 emissions. Which they're backtracking heavily on at the moment. Not to mention that cars by themselves are a very small part of overall pollution today, compared to good transportation and factories.