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> Imagine if climate change was a myth, and the only thing we got from all this effort was air that was safe to breathe. Wouldn’t that still be worth it? Such
by trgn 3y ago
> Imagine if climate change was a myth, and the only thing we got from all this effort was air that was safe to breathe. Wouldn’t that still be worth it?
Such a great sentiment! ICE cars don't only contribute to global warming, they pollute the _local_ environment. And not just the emissions, noise too. Neighbor bought a hybrid. In the mornings, they zoom away to work. Before, they'd wake me up with the rumble of the einge. Nothing to do with global warming, but a very real increase in quality of life.
- labster 3y agoI think you’re underestimating atmospheric transport. NOx from China makes up a large portion of the pollutant in California, more than enough to offset local reductions over the past couple decades. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/03/518323094/rise-in-smog-in-western-u-s-is-blamed-on-asias-air-pollution https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/03/518323094...
- trgn 3y agothanks for the link. Is the idea that EV-manufacturing would increase pollution in China, thus increasing pollution in US?
- labster 3y agoNOx is a product of combustion with an excess of oxygen (too little O2 and you get hydrocarbons; both lead to ozone). You don’t need to make EVs with fossil fuels, so there’s no need for the air pollution to happen at all. Pollution from mining is another problem altogether of course.