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Is there that much of a pollutant differential between the two to offset the extra fuel burned by the cleaner/newer car? Plus, make that 100,000 miles of fuel and pollutant.
We tend to live in metro areas. And drive short distances. And idle. The local concentrations of air/water pollutants are the "killer". If we banned non-electric cars from metro areas (so to speak) then IC engines could be re-configured for those best able to use them.
Also, almost all my driving is in small towns and semi-rural areas
Same for Interstate highways . . a warmed-up vehicle well spec'd for its operation isn't "polluting" all that much (there will always be some . . . . ) Put freight back on trains (and electric trolley trucks for big regions), put passengers back on regional/national trains, etc, and further reduce the users needing IC vehicles.
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