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The public health benefits of clean air not well known. Air Pollution Kills 10 Million People a Year. Why Do We Accept That as Normal? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opinion/environment/air-p...

COVID killed approximately 6.5M+ over 3 years. Air pollution has more impact on public health.

EVs can help a lot with air pollution: https://electrek.co/2023/02/10/surprise-electric-cars-are-al...

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Even ICE cars now days are so efficient that most of their pollution comes from the tires not the tail pipe. This is doubly true for EVs.

I fully support a transition to EVs, but if we really wish to cut down on air pollution why not strongly encourage remote work and cut out the commute entirely?

That’s what kills me about all the companies that trot out these green initiatives and turn around and mandate RTO or hybrid arrangements.

The commute forced upon the workers cancels out most if not all the good that the green initiatives do.

That's because it's mostly virtue signalling rather than actually wanting to help the environment

Or do what many urban areas do efficiently: make it easy to commute by train. Even a bus commute cuts down the tire pollution per commuter significantly. Building more housing near job centers can help both shorten commutes and make mass transit more desirable.

Just toss in “obesity”. Greatest health crisis in the last 50 years is undeniably rising obesity levels…

https://usafacts.org/articles/obesity-rate-nearly-triples-un...

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