One of the quickest ways to do this is to accelerate the current slow transition to electric vehicles. US transition to electric vehicles would save over 100,000 lives by 2050—study https://t.co/FOByMhTqsWThe future should be electric and save $1.2tn in public health cost in U.S. alone. A 2019 study by the Electric Vehicle Council and Asthma Australia found vehicle emissions had 21,000 serious health impacts each year in New South Wales alone. These policies include strict and mandatory fuel efficiency standards, investment in electric vehicle charging stations and standardization of charging infrastructure. We shouldn't accept so many avoidable deathsWithout a rapid shift to electric vehicles, Australia risks losing at least 1,200 lives a year—deaths that we could avoid—over the next 20 years.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2022 17:29 UTC