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> 10 million air pollution deaths/year: I hope you're not forgetting to factor in the positive effects of those 10 million people not being able to cause any m
by bzzzt 3y ago
> 10 million air pollution deaths/year:
I hope you're not forgetting to factor in the positive effects of those 10 million people not being able to cause any more pollution </sarcasm>...
Before gasoline and gas people burned wood to stay warm, in houses with very primitive chimneys. Lots of people died from air pollution then, but maybe less because the populations were smaller.
Same with cars: if you take accidents per driven mile most cars are extremely safe compared to horse riding.
I don't think returning to the 1700's with the current world population is a viable option.
- VHRanger 3y agoFor what it's worth modern heating with wood is zero carbon (at least in Canada). We plant a tree that gets burned, so embodied carbon gets released. And the modern appliances emit 1g/kg of particulate emission.
- bzzzt 3y agoYou'll need a lot of trees close by then, which is not an option in some densely populated countries. If you're hauling trees using diesel trucks and chopping them up with petrol chainsaws you might as well just pump natural gas to houses.