01-19-2021, 07:38 PM
I'm going to be a bit of a downer and point out that EVs are a massive step forward in terms of carbon emissions but they still have all the terrible effects on the built form that ICE cars have. They also still have emissions from tire and brake particulates. Should we move to EVs? Absolutely. But we also have to fix the built form (eg grocery store in DTK).
I have the RoW climate change policy direction paper open which I should read and comment on.
As for the thing about diesel buses: Wellington NZ doesn't have LRT and they have only some electric/hybrid buses (they are buying more). It sucks to sit on a bench in the CBD and have 3 diesel buses waiting at the light.
Being ahead of the curve would have been more expensive, probably significantly so. Maybe we still should have been but people don't like paying taxes. (I think people should pay more municipal taxes).
Shipping overseas is incredibly efficient in terms of fuel, although bunker fuel is quite dirty. I think that the shipping from the port to your house is more carbon than from China to Canada.
I have the RoW climate change policy direction paper open which I should read and comment on.
As for the thing about diesel buses: Wellington NZ doesn't have LRT and they have only some electric/hybrid buses (they are buying more). It sucks to sit on a bench in the CBD and have 3 diesel buses waiting at the light.
Being ahead of the curve would have been more expensive, probably significantly so. Maybe we still should have been but people don't like paying taxes. (I think people should pay more municipal taxes).
Shipping overseas is incredibly efficient in terms of fuel, although bunker fuel is quite dirty. I think that the shipping from the port to your house is more carbon than from China to Canada.