Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by bombcar on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:43AM (#31641134)

Yeah, the question is if there's some sort of "traffic expands to fill the highways" argument, that as vehicles become less emissive we'll get more and more of them so our total emissions continues to grow.

I suspect there is not in the US (as almost everyone who wants a vehicle has one or two already) but there certainly could be in less vehicle-saturated markets.

When it's a straight 1 over 1 it's easy - for example, if someone were to buy me a Milwaukee M18 lawnmower, I'd be willing to scrap the existing gas one, so it can no longer pollute. If I were to give it away or sell it, it would still be doing whatever it does for someone else.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by ncallaway on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:57AM (#31641299)

> Yeah, the question is if there's some sort of "traffic expands to fill the highways" argument

Yep, that's always a concern, and one of the reasons I framed my response around what the argument was, and what the claim was. I haven't really done enough research to know or feel confident in whether that claim is borne out or holds and the concern you've raised is the major thing that could get in the way.

I was largely just commenting on the disconnect in the discussion that I was observing.

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