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"not just for electric vehicles, but all cars" -- this is good news for the planet, regardless of what you think of $TESLA.

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Perhaps, although my understanding is that the environmental cost of battery production and energy sources does make it less warm-and-fuzzy-feeling. Still a net good, but I've become less convinced over time that EVs will significantly impact climate change.

I honestly think in a lot of ways we’d be better off focusing on all the small engines (lawnmowers, chainsaws, etc). They are extremely dirty since they have no emissions controls what so ever. You can just see the particulates coming out.

That would be great, yeah. Or even just banning a lot of their use (e.g., leaf blowers).

But in general I think that, especially in the US, failure to invest heavily in public transportation options is the biggest problem.

(To add on a bit)

I dislike the current dumbing down to carbon and nothing else matters. Particulates are very impactful to health - but maybe that’s just my bias as an asthmatic.

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