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Originally Posted by Fastskiguy
Agreed. Plus we are producing almost twice as much per capita vs. china
CO2 Emissions per Capita - Worldometer
Look, dumping trillions of pounds of carbon into the atmosphere every year is simply not a good thing. The question is, do we want to be a leader or do we want to follow a country like china and just keep on polluting? When did china become our moral compass?
Joe |
The US is the moral compass of the world (whether we like it or believe it). The US needs to accept and welcome that honor. To keep it simple, the US needs to constantly do the RIGHT thing in the eyes of the world - as much as possible. That is why each US citizen needs to support clean air and low CO2 pollution production - it gives the world a good example of our doing the RIGHT thing.
.......If a person can not afford a Tesla, maybe those that cut their own lawns (all over the US) can decide to buy an electric lawn mower rather than a gasoline one. Every little bit of lower pollution helps and it sends a message. Electric automobiles are in their infant stage and the price will likely come DOWN and battery technology will improve in only a few years.
......Lower pollution has significant advantages to citizens (even if just for selfish individual reasons). Clean air over the US means better health and longer life through fewer LUNG problems. You would be helping YOURSELF and your next generation - not JUST decreasing Global Warming.
......People that CAN afford a Tesla or other EV will enjoy the benefits such as a quieter engine, lower center of gravity, therefore better acceleration, better braking, better cornering, and lower maintenance. The engine is revolving smoothly in a circle instead of the use of pistons going in an up and down motion and THEN having to be converted to circular motion. The EV also can "pat themselves on the back" for being part of a developing, in infancy, new industry. Which also has the MINOR advantage of preventing the devastation of the earth through excessive CO2 production with the increasing worldwide HEAT problems. July was the highest temperature month recorded worldwide (since the keeping of temperature records).