Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public health crisis

Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by rpmisms on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @11:20AM (#21204034)

This is a pity. It's sad that big oil won the ethanol/gasoline war, otherwise we could all be driving clean-burning high-revving cars.

Even bigger pity that electric didn't win in the 1910s.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by nwah1 on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @01:43PM (#21205721)

Electric winning in 1910s would have been worse. Batteries were made of lead acid, and electricity was generated from coal plants located inside of cities, without even any scrubbers. Coal burning releases heavy metals.

Pollution deaths would've been sky high if electric cars "won" in 1910.

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Re:Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public hea... by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:00PM (#21208010)

How do you plan on manufacturing that ethanol?

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