17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduced to WHO standards

Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by sokoloff on Sunday September 12, 2021 @06:18PM (#28505582)

Upthread context: “If I had a vote whether to ban combustion engines from my city (cars, trucks, mopeds, leaf blowers - everything), with a relatively short transition period (say 5 years), I'd be in favor.”

In that context, the Volt (and other hybrids, plug-in or not) would either be banned or be required to disable their ICE engines in the city.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28504461

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Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by perl4ever on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:23AM (#28507836)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good

But EVs are really not perfect anyway.

People say why have two powerplants. The reason is to get rid of the (environmental impact of) 300 mile batteries.

90% of the time, 10% of the battery is enough.

From the page above:

"If you never miss a plane, you're spending too much time at the airport."

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Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by ben_w on Monday September 13, 2021 @03:13AM (#28508661)

Indeed, and that was for the reason of ending emissions within a city. A poor person who commutes with one is likely (even though not guaranteed) to be using it over the sort of distance where the tiny battery is sufficient, so with regard to achieving that goal rather than that method, I think hybrids would probably be sufficient.

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Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by sokoloff on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:12AM (#28510479)

I agree that banning all ICE vehicles in 5 years is not a practical nor worthwhile goal to pursue.

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