And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.

(To be fair, he’s not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat – but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)

The article in question.

  • @[email protected]
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    2210 days ago

    Isn’t it true that once a car is built, it’s basically better for the environment to drive it until its wheels fall off instead of scrapping it

    In terms of global warming; maybe. It depends on many factors when looking at a specific case. Another commenter already put some numbers together.

    The environment, however, in this case is Dehli, a city with terrible air quality. Removing an active source of CO2, NOx, heavy metals, etc is good for that environment. Especially human lungs.

    • acargitz
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      49 days ago

      If the government provides safe and comfortable public transit instead.