• theluddite@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Most of the combustion products from gas are ‘clean’ - water and CO2. They don’t contribute to particulate air pollution.

    Yea totally, that’s why I suggested the rewrite that I did. It seems a bit nuts to exclude CO2 from the phrase:

    In California, sources other than tailpipes are the dominating source of traffic emissions"

    … when CO2 emissions are like ending life on earth as we know it.

    • zephyreks@lemmy.ca
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      A lot of things are ending life on earth as we know it. CO2 emissions are just one of them. It’s like the stupid argument that plastic bags are fine because a hundred plastic bags emit less CO2 than one cotton one… But plastic bags aren’t even close to being a significant element of CO2 emissions. It’s a waste problem.

      In this case, it’s saying that particulate pollution won’t magically get better by switching to EVs. The research shows that that’s true.