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Ban cars from populated areas (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Depends on how far back you go. Cars from the late 90s and early 2000s are still pretty clean.

Also, a lot of cars can be converted to electric with some knowhow and welding. This could become a cottage industry.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    In California, all cars newer than 1975 must pass a smog test.

    Converting ICE vehicles to electric vehicles is a cottage industry. While looking for a mechanic recently I found two places that do it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    '90s diesels can arguably be less polluting than modern "clean" diesels, depending on which pollutants you care about and if you're running bio-diesel instead of dino-diesel. (Old diesels can run B100, which is carbon-neutral and emits zero SOx, but it'll destroy the high-pressure fuel pump on a modern common-rail diesel.)

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