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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Surprise! London's tax on polluting vehicles made everyone much healthier (electrek.co)

submitted 5 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is important because prior to the report’s period, some 4,000 people died in London each year due to toxic air pollution.

Holy shit

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've always wondered how they come up with these stats. Because generally speaking, nobody died from acute polution poisoning or whatever. It must include things like a percentage of asthma related deaths and what not.

[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Air pollution: Coroner calls for law change after Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah's death:

An inquest had found air pollution "made a material contribution" to her death.... Ella was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate, following the inquest ruling ...

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