Climate Impact Goals

Lofty goals, and needed. However I can't help but mourn that at least in Chicago, all of the taxis I've ever taken in the past several years have been hybrid vehicles. I think I can count on one hand the number of hybrids/electric Lyfts and Ubers I've taken. So in Chicago (like everywhere else) ridesharing is decimating the taxi industry, but here when you take a rideshare instead of a taxi there's a greater chance your ride is not climate-friendly today.

So while it's nice that Lyft is targeting 2025, in this specific case you could have already been saving carbon by taking regular taxis instead.

I don't know if Lyft/Uber already have a feature like this (someone else always calls one for us) but it would be nice if they allowed you to only take rides in hybrid/electric vehicles, or if they would otherwise incentivize drivers who had such vehicles.

With Peter Thiel and Carl Icahn as both close Trump advisors and Lyft investors[1], I wonder if the damage done on one side will equal the benefit of these lofty climate goals on the other? As a concerned citizen, I applaud their effort, but I think companies like Tesla are doing far more to drive the conversion to electric cars. That being said, we need every company to do their part, so kudos Lyft!

[1] http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/31/technology/tech-travel-ban-p...

I would prefer to see a bonus for drivers with less pollutant cars. It is easy and directly implementable.

Is Trump's bail form the Paris Agreement going to be his most positive legacy?

It seems like it has sparked a much bigger interest to double down on its goals by a lot of actors than it would otherwise have been if Trump just pretended to be on board.

A Streisand Effect for climate policy of sorts.

> By 2025, Lyft’s shared platform will provide at least 1 billion rides per year using electric autonomous vehicles.

Wow. That seems lofty.

Hmm, is all you need is a pink-tinged blog post on long term climate goals to PR your way into convincing the world you aren't harming it?? It's pretty obvious that the current so-called "ridesharing" product is increasing CO2 emissions. But good on you Lyft for embracing that good-guy-stance. Keep it up

greenhouse gasses' share in the atmosphere is about 2%. of that 2% CO2's share is about 4%. of that 4%, total antropogenic CO2 adds up to about 3%.

not sure what percentage of that 3% Lyft is responsible for but I'm guessing not enough to impact the climate in any meaningful manner :)