• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      Because people bitch like hell whenever gas prices go up.

      Environmental regulations have political backing when you can see the affects. Climate change is a lot less defined.

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          New York City is trying to put in a ULEZ zone into lower Manhattan right now, but it is taking a while and may end up with New Jersey suing New York City at some point.

          Even then, the explicit goal of the zone is to raise money, not reduce emotions. I expect that a waiver for electric vehicles will not be provided.

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      More drastic suggestions will become common in the next few years. We won’t stop BAU, so logically geoengineering comes next