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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by CalRobert on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:38AM (#46131819)
Among other issues, Volkswagen killed roughly 1200 people by cheating on their emissions tests.

https://lae.mit.edu/2024/06/28/study-quantifies-premature-de...

Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by raverbashing on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:05AM (#46132107)
Besides the whataboutism, this is 1200 premature deaths (of mostly frail people). As much as I'm sensible to the topic of air pollution, putting that number closer to the number of, I dunno, premature deaths attributable to Coal power plants will give a more realistic view of the problem