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You bring up a phenomenal point. Even though modern gasoline especially in California burns quite clean, it's easy to forget that every bus and truck out there
by redwood 8y ago
You bring up a phenomenal point.
Even though modern gasoline especially in California burns quite clean, it's easy to forget that every bus and truck out there is burning horrendous diesel.
I was in the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal for a few hours the other day and it just felt toxic, I felt so bad for people who spend time there every single work day of their lives.
Let alone the vast majority of the world's population whose streets are completely choked up with buses and completely dirty fuels. It'll take a while but you're right this is going to seriously change lives at grand scale.
- gamblor956 8y agoEven though modern gasoline especially in California burns quite clean, it's easy to forget that every bus and truck out there is burning horrendous diesel. The NY MTA has been running natural gas buses and hybrid-electric buses since before Tesla was a twinkle in its original founders' eyes. It hasn't fully converted it's entire fleet yet (the process began in 2000!) but it's one of the largest alternative fuel fleets in the world. LA Metro's fleet has been almost 90% clean air for years, and has been testing EV buses for almost a decade. Let's give Tesla some credit for making EVs fashionable, but public transit systems have been going green for much longer and Tesla's never been part of that conversation.
- jammygit 8y agoI was wondering if somebody could explain for me: are electric cars really that much cleaner? I live in a place where almost all of our energy comes from coal for example. It isn't completely obvious to me how driving a Tesla helps air quality in a case like this, but I'd like to understand.