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Re:January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service by imtringued on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:46AM (#22245943)
>Environmental impact from current ICE cars is fairly small compared to the pollution caused by mass manufacturing with no recycling, heavy industry, coal burning, shipping, etc.

That's only true in countries that did absolutely nothing. The reality is that when you stop burning coal then unchanged emission sources like cars grow in relative terms and become more important.

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Re:January 2020 warmest on record: EU climate service by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:57AM (#22245986)
Yes, but how many people can afford Teslas in order to make a difference? Even in Europe, only the wealthy currently own a Tesla and those are still secondary cars to other ICEs they own. 90% of drivers are still driving 5-10 year old VW Golf like cars.
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