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byMachineShedFred ( 621896 ) writes:
So what happened to states' rights? Good enough to be able to ban abortions, but not good enough to ban polluting cars, apparently.
More rank hypocrisy from the Republican Party.
bydbialac ( 320955 ) writes:
Smog won't ever entirely go away in California. Some of it is a natural phenomenon caused by air pollution from over the Pacific building up on the mountains. There is talk of smog going back to pre-European days.
byTeun ( 17872 ) writes:
Even if so, why would one not try to limit man made smog?
byrsilvergun ( 571051 ) writes:
Because electric cars don't eliminate or even reduce smog. Most of that smog you see is tire particulate. We've been running zero emissions cars from most vehicles for a while now. We do have a problem with idling semi trucks but they mostly do that outside city limits. Most of the smog you're seeing is coming from little bits of tire.
It's one of those things where scientists wondered for years were tires went because they aren't on the roads and it turns out the answer is in your lungs.
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byDamnOregonian ( 963763 ) writes:
Because electric cars don't eliminate or even reduce smog.
Yes, they do.
Most of that smog you see is tire particulate.
No, it's not.
It is true that most particulate emissions from cars is tire and break particulates. However, the nasty shit you see as photochemical smog are nitrogen oxides and various VOCs.
EVs will not increase smog. Nor will they eliminate it entirely. They will reduce it.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
EVs do reduce brake dust though. People have reported 100k miles on the original pads, thanks to mostly using regen instead of friction brakes.
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byDamnOregonian ( 963763 ) writes:
EVs do reduce brake dust though. People have reported 100k miles on the original pads, thanks to mostly using regen instead of friction brakes.
A fair point.
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