Pollution from fossil fuel combustion deadlier than previously thought

Re:Pollution from fossil fuel combustion deadlier than previ... by mfer on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:21PM (#26574374)

When it comes to economics there are also downsides for many people. For example, there are many people who work on car parts today that don't have a corollary in electric cars. Electric cars have fewer parts. This is going to negatively hit the economics of people who design, build, and service car parts.

Some things are a trade-off.

I wonder how society will help them transition to other things well

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Re:Pollution from fossil fuel combustion deadlier than previ... by ipnon on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:41PM (#26574556)

Just like the automobile displaced all those employed in the horse and buggy businesses, which was apparently massive given pictures of 19th century cities.

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Re:Pollution from fossil fuel combustion deadlier than previ... by Tade0 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:51PM (#26574641)

They'll be fine - EVs still have suspensions, brakes, and other serviceable parts.

The other day a friend of mine bought his first car - a 2008 Honda Jazz.

Stuff that needed to be replaced from the get go:

-front stabilizer link rods.

-front discs

-brake pads

-AC pump

-12V battery

-front lights

Regarding combustion-related parts there's the muffler and oxygen sensor, but that's it.

His case is fairly typical.

Also there's a more immediate danger looming - newer diesels are so sophisticated that quite often repairing them is uneconomical. The same will happen sooner or later to gasoline, because usually it's the costly stuff like injectors and the flywheel that fails.

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Re:Pollution from fossil fuel combustion deadlier than previ... by megablast on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:18PM (#26574882)

Those poor buggy whip makers.

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