> So they estimate air pollution from fossil fuels lowers the average life expectancy by 1 year worldwide. Pretty significant. There is also quality of life is

> So they estimate air pollution from fossil fuels lowers the average life expectancy by 1 year worldwide. Pretty significant. There is also quality of life issues with things like asthma and lung disease. That's harder to quantify than excess deaths and years of life lost but very real. I also had the experience as a kid of living in LA for two years. There was something icky and gross about the air in LA compared to Santa Clara. Which itself wasn't great. So that's also real.