Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Adept
From : Dr. What
Date : Fri Oct 20 2023 07:26 am

-=> Adept wrote to Dr. What <=-

 Ad> I guess? I mean, cars still pollute in a variety of other ways. Though,
 Ad> really, the better long-term solution is trains, since they're wildly
 Ad> more efficient.

The problem is that the passenger train infrastructure has long been dismantled
with the exception of some long-range travel.

 Ad> That said, while I'm unlikely to be directly injured from a higher
 Ad> carbon dioxide level, there _is_ the fairly-well-documented history of
 Ad> the planet where spiking carbon dioxide levels has lead to (or, at the
 Ad> least, is very strongly correlated with) apocalyptic species die offs
 Ad> something like 6 times in the history of the Earth.

They are somewhat correct.  When that asteroid hit the planet, it set all the
trees on fire, which caused CO2 to rise dramatically.  But the CO2 rise wasn't
the cause of the problem.

 Ad> But that's just carbon dioxide facts, 

No.  That's CO2 propaganda.


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