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Re:Schumer proposes $462B car swap – gas for electric by bobthepanda on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:17PM (#21365605)
If the goal is reduction of carbon and environmental impact, building lots of new cars from newly mined materials is a bit silly.
Re:Schumer proposes $462B car swap – gas for electric by acollins1331 on Saturday October 26, 2019 @04:06PM (#21365872)
There are often multiple goals. My guess is the reason why something like this is picked over something carbon negative is because of the economy. You can downvote it but it's $462 billion into car companies and all their subsidiaries, which is something that tends to have broad public support.