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"Toxic smog has been a part of big city life since the Industrial Revolution: a
pea-soup blanket of harmful particulates that can be so thick that seeing and
breathing is difficult. Yet in many cities in the rich world that dirty pall
has been banished as car engines have got cleaner and factories have moved
away. (Poorer cities are not yet so lucky.)
Some people believe that the shift to electric cars could reverse some of that
progress: that heavier cars and the particulates they produce by friction mean
we could sacrifice cleaner air on the altar of zero carbon emissions.
In the EV mythbusters series the
Guardian has examined claims about electric
vehicles (EVs) looking at issues ranging from carbon emissions and battery
fires to the idea of hydrogen overtaking them. The latest in our series asks:
do electric cars have an air pollution problem?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
