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Originally Posted by petey
There's some interesting points raised, but a couple that are somewhat ignored. Principle amongst them are the location of the pollution; one of the most critical things about remote electricity generation is that it can be conducted (hahahaa see what I did there?) away from populated areas, the CO2 generated can be offset locally by trees planted nearby. You can't do that in downtown Bristol.
Another issue is that of how spent batteries are used. Once they are no longer useful to power vehicles, devices which need a high rate of charge and discharge to be useful, they can still be used as support for housing requirements. Ditto vehicles that are plugged in overnight.
Very shortly, gas boilers will be illegal in new house builds; the end of burning dead fossils is coming as surely as pubs will stop accepting cash.
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With CO and diesel emissions - it's a local thing.
With with CO2 it's not so local - it's damage is as a greenhouse gas - it's the overall quantity in the atmosphere that's the issue, not us breathing it in the streets.
Diesel emissions and Carbon Monoxide can be toxic to humans, especially those that are elderly or already in ill-health. Carbon Dioxide is not, the issue is the link to climate change.