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July 1, 2006
When you're thinking
about air pollution,
don't obsess about Many people who feel
transportation. trapped in cars seem
to also feel a deep These people are
guilt about the suckers for ideas
poison spewing out the like "electric
When you're thinking tail pipe, and because vehicles".
about transportation, they feel direct
don't obsess about responsibilty for it, Half of the
air pollution. to their credit, they electricity
want to find ways to in the US
I'm a big advocate make it go away. is generated
of busses & trains by coal: it's
and bikes & walking. incredibly
dirty.
These have the Thesis: if you
potential to look at the If your electric
reduce air pollution, breakdowns, per socket is coal
but that isn't quantity of in disguise, it's
their only advantage, energy or per cleaner to burn
and it may not be quantity of gasoline.
their biggest pollution,
advantage. transportation
is not the
biggest
problem. On the other hand,
if you break down
((Look transportation further,
for private cars will
numbers be a large chunk of it.
on
that.)) Possibly a
"disproportionate
share" of it.
(but
proportional
to what?).
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