Bikeman315
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So the answer is let's get rid of all personal vehicles and move to 100% public transportation. See, easy.Let's say that pollution is 1/3 from cars, 1/3 from road work and other for the last 1/3.
Even if cars are green, the power plants still need to burn something to make electricity.
Ok, do solar. Ruin miles and miles of land to put up solar panels. Kill a bunch of wildlife just to power your cars.
Oh wait, it isn't sunny so you still need coal or some fossil burning plants for when it isn't or it is too cloudy.
So you are going to reduce the 1/3 to maybe 1/2 of 1/3 so 1/6 and screw with so many businesses and existing infrastructure.
Also, did not say that solar and wind are more expensive to run and maintain? So our electric bills will eventually end up costing more too. Wind and solar are not energy dense mediums so to extract energy from them they require lots of space and impact lots of wildlife.
Now, according to the comparison of France vs Germany, nuclear is far cheaper and has less environmental impact. France has much more nuclear and Germany is mostly wind, solar and hydro. Germany's power costs twice what is charged in France. All nuclear waste can remain in drums. It has the least cubic measurement of environmental impact to any form of energy producing device. Solar cells produce lots of dead cells about every 20-30 years. Right now, recycling hasn't taken off in the US. Many towns have stopped collecting things because it already costs THEM too much to recycle.
Since they control road work, why not get that to zero emissions first? Can't. Materials used would have to change. Roads are already in bad shape. I wonder how much the need roads to be in bad shape so as to support the road construction laborers. If roads were made to last 20% longer, that would not help those in that industry. Also might cost more to repair roads in the long run too.
Also, cars shed tons of brake material, rubber and other items just driving and that is excluding tailpipe emissions that are released into our atmosphere. I am not sure where that is included but that is probably never going away. Those electrics still have tires and brakes for the most part.
So that 1/3 of all pollution they are going after is going to result in a very little improvement in the long run. Of course, no one wants to talk about how big an impact going to electric will have. Politicians only see new tax revenue, jobs creation (with lots lost), an industry where most local municipalities and states control their power so they will make more money driving gas and oil companies down or they will at least be able to renegotiate contracts since fuel delivery will still be needed, just much less.
EDIT: Sorry, "Sarcasm Alert"........
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