B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 be zero emission

Re:B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 ... by maxsilver on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:06PM (#19646749)

> This might mean that those living less sustainably may have to pay more.

I would strongly urge you to be careful with this language. Don't be so quick to assume folks living rural/suburban lifestyles are living any less sustainably.

These folks are what make city living possible in the first place. And city folk have plenty of huge-CO2-footprint problems of their own that everyone conveniently forgets, because it isn't literally dumping gasoline into an automobile.

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Re:B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 ... by icebraining on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:47PM (#19647830)

> I would strongly urge you to be careful with this language. Don't be so quick to assume folks living rural/suburban lifestyles are living any less sustainably.

If they aren't, they don't have anything to worry about when very unsustainable practices are abolished.

> These folks are what make city living possible in the first place.

A minority are, and they'll have to charge more for those services.

> And city folk have plenty of huge-CO2-footprint problems of their own that everyone conveniently forgets, because it isn't literally dumping gasoline into an automobile.

What are some examples of those city-specific CO2 problems?

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Re:B.C. introduces law to require cars, trucks sold by 2040 ... by criddell on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:15PM (#19646857)

> Don't be so quick to assume folks living rural/suburban lifestyles are living any less sustainably.

I wasn't thinking only of carbon footprint, but also of things like electricity and water hookups. The cost to provide basic utilities in rural areas has to be a lot higher per capita than in the city.

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