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HeartachesNhangovers

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4. Since it's the 21st century, to me the solution isn't

Reply to OxQQme (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:13 PM

Jan 2018

different cars - even if they are electric - it's fewer cars. How about providing tax incentives for employers that shift their employees to working from home (even 1 day a week means 20% less commuting), or to provide carpool vans. Even if all the cars are electric, most urban highways in CA are already beyond capacity and in poor condition - that doesn't change if the cars are (not really)zero-emission. We need new thinking, not fake "zero-emission" cars.

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California governor pushes for 5 million zero-emission cars [View all] Eugene Jan 2018 OP

Hmm, will create jobs, improve the environment. Damn liberals. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1

I can't let this go. There is no such thing as a HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2018 #2

Assuming the manufacturing costs are equal for each type, OxQQme Jan 2018 #3

Since it's the 21st century, to me the solution isn't HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2018 #4