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Salt Lake already looks to have a better AQI than LA[1][2], though, and pretty much every new car sold is 50-state compliant (which includes CARB). So, Utah ha
by donw 6y ago
Salt Lake already looks to have a better AQI than LA[1][2], though, and pretty much every new car sold is 50-state compliant (which includes CARB).
So, Utah has already effectively adopted CARB standards, and the rest of your suggestions fit in the same category -- I don't see them making a difference, or being feasible.
[1] https://www.iqair.com/usa/california/los-angeles https://www.iqair.com/usa/california/los-angeles
[2] https://www.iqair.com/usa/utah/salt-lake-city https://www.iqair.com/usa/utah/salt-lake-city
(On an unrelated note, I like your site -- mine is less populated, but is also a love letter to a less complicated Web.) :)
- npunt 6y agoGood point about how CARB standards have gone national, didn't realize that shift had occurred. CA isn't standing still though and will be requiring zero emissions trucks [1], which I'm not sure other states will be as ready to follow. Hopefully it'll get fleets to simply switch over. Ya LA is still struggling mightily, especially inland. SLC metro area is a tenth of LA (1.2mm vs 13mm) and growing faster, so these forces may even out. Geographic destiny is hard to overcome. (Thanks! I wish we could go back to those simpler times) :) [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/climate/zero-emissions-trucks-california.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/climate/zero-emissions-tr...