New data from the American Lung Association has found that if the U.S. could transition to zero-emission vehicles and an electrical grid powered by clean, renewable energy, it could prevent 2.79 million pediatric asthma attacks and more than 500 infant mortalities by 2050.
Before cars were common, despite bicycles, trams, and trains all existing for a long time, our cities were filled with horses. Horses have this habit of shitting everywhere, and cars were welcomed because they made the cities cleaner and less disease ridden.
The horses filled a need that other things could not. Cars then filled that need. That needs still exists today, like it or not. It’s best we make them as clean as we can.