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Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by gesman on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:39PM (#19260413)
And add to that pollution caused by large trucks. Some are literally hard to follow behind due to the cloud of poison they are fuming all over.

California's crusade on sedans to cut down on pollution is a joke.

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Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by megaremote on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:01PM (#19260501)
You are joking right? Just because the pollution from cars is not visible, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And there are a 1000x more cars than trucks.
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Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u... by sbov on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:31AM (#19261119)
No need to use the 1000x number, there's actually information about this out there, at least when it comes to greenhouse gasses. In 2016:

https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100USI5.pdf

Medium and Heavy duty trucks: 425 Tg CO2

Light-Duty Vehicles (passenger cars + SUVs, pickup trucks, etc): 1,106 Tg CO2

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