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LA has famously bad smog because of its geography. It sits in a bowl surrounded by mountains. California passed a lot of emissions restrictions because LA was b
by jfengel 3y ago
LA has famously bad smog because of its geography. It sits in a bowl surrounded by mountains. California passed a lot of emissions restrictions because LA was becoming unlivable in the 1970s. (We all benefit from those, because carmakers sold the same cars elsewhere. The California Air Resources Board wields a lot of power in setting national policy.)
So while it would be best to stop burning fossil fuels entirely, we benefit if LA paves the way on electric buses. If they have to defer to cost by selling old stock to those who wouldn't be buying electric anyway, it's still a net win. And slightly better if the other pollution they still make doesn't produce the same concentration it does in Los Angeles.
- sneak 3y ago> If they have to defer to cost by selling old stock to those who wouldn't be buying electric anyway, it's still a net win. If the entire planet experiences catastrophe and there is a mass extinction and agricultural collapse, I feel like this is a distinction without a difference. Then again, perhaps you are right, as it appears we are imminently headed toward this future even if every diesel engine on the planet stopped operating today.