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0 pointsjschwartzi9y ago0 comments

Why can't we ban fuel-burning cars? They have a more direct impact on the environment than just climate.

I live next to a busy road and I frequently have to sweep noxious dust off my balcony. Not to mention that the sky at sunset is not naturally orange, but is tinted by the haze.

We banned CFCs because they were removing the UV filter from our atmosphere, so there is precedent, and decades later nobody misses them.

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vpeters259y ago

My opinion is rather than outright banning fuel-burning, we should just ban releasing their emissions to the atmosphere.

While this would ban current fuel burning technology, it might allow for someone to come up with a car engine or coal turbine that doesn't release anything.

dredmorbius9y ago

Non-fossil-based hydrocarbon fuels would be an environmentally viable option.

Economically viable is another question, but there's some possibility that this may be the case.

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