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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/solarpunk/p/2152492/ev-popularity-in-china-accounts-for-262000-fewer-deaths-from-air-pollution

The results were a 23.8% reduction in PM2.5, and a 30% reduction in carbon monoxide, resulting in some 320,000 fewer deaths from air pollution.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I hope to see this happen in my area. The kind of emissions I'm stuck having to breathe in, especially while I'm walking on a sidewalk next to a main road, is awful. Unfortunately, it's going to take much longer for the switch to happen here.

[–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thank god biden put a 100% tariff on chinese EVs so that this wouldn't happen here.

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's not even the EV's as much as the electric scooters and electric bikes. There are 100's millions of scooters in China but all electric so no pollution.

I went on holiday to Thailand and got a shock from all the noise and air pollution caused by the normal scooters in Bangkok.