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Maybe now the U.K. will do something about truck, bus and automobile particulates.
by sjg007 8y ago
Maybe now the U.K. will do something about truck, bus and automobile particulates.
- reaperducer 8y agoConsidering the number of people in this thread defending pollution and blaming the dead girl or her parents, I wouldn't count on it. Some days HN goes from its usual baseline mechanical callousness to outright horror film.
- llamathrowaway 8y agoI don’t think anyone is actually defending pollution. Those who say ‘meh it’s asthma not pollution’ just enjoy being a contrarian, who would point out any perceived ‘error’ in others’ words. They don’t really have any agenda to push nor any opinions of their own that worth posting. Just nitpicking here and there to show how others are ‘wrong’. Back to the topic, I wish we could ban diesel ASAP. I passed through Oxford Street a few times when it was virtually shut off by the protesters last month, so none of the diesel-burning black cabs not busses were there. It was much, much more pleasant than any other busy London street, almost serene, if there were not that many shoppers...
- adventured 8y agoHas the UK begun adopting electric buses? They seem to be getting tested or rolled out gradually everywhere these days.
- cardinalfang 8y agoLondon had the largest trolley bus network in the world until about 1960 when about 2000 electric buses were replaced with diesels.
- DanBC 8y agoYes, but it's a slow process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emission_buses_in_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emission_buses_in_London