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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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