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Reminder: Electric cars are still bastards (hexbear.net)

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[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

i've always been a bit skeptical of the hyperfocus on CO₂ emissions as a proxy for pollution but

more particle pollution by mass

is suspiciously specific. No i will not click on the article.

[-] sawne128@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CO2 isn’t pollution* fyi.

Edit: I think I misread your comment, but to expand on what I mean, some people use CO2 emissions as a way to slam measures to reduce pollution that is toxic to nature, such as catalytic converters and plastic tax. I think this is possible because people confuse the concepts of "We shouldn't poison nature" and "We should stop climate change", which are both technically issues of pollution.

[-] Einstein@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Jesus christ. Anything that shouldnt be there, is by definition pollution. There is salt and calcium in sea water. Would you agree that industrial discharge of salt and calcium is pollution? If so then you have to agree that discharge of manmade carbon dioxide is pollution of the balance of the atmosphere.