Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging
by tomatotomato37 on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:47PM
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Yeah, that's what really irks me about people making direct death comparisons over air pollution, especially when the QoL factor is excuse enough. Calculating the decrease in life expectancy of at-risk patients and then somehow suming them up is much more honest than implying the death of an elderly lung cancer patient a month early is a life destroyed by pollution.
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Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging
by hinkley on Monday April 15, 2019 @05:31PM
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This conversation is a lot less abstract if you know someone with COPD or severe asthma. The condition kills them but the pollution pulls the trigger.
Re:VW’s Former CEO Charged in Germany Over Diesel Rigging
by kevin_thibedeau on Monday April 15, 2019 @06:03PM
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We probably should have all the major execs sitting on death row for the deaths "caused" by leaded fuel belching out of cars with no emissions controls at all.
In places where diesel isn't placed on a pedestal to suppress gasoline usage, air quality is far better than it was 40 years ago.