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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
I think we simply have differences of opinion, and that's ok.
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What are practical solutions and what are false solutions? All I see among politicians are those who feel there is a problem and think they can fix it so make more restrictions, and those who say there isn't a problem and so loosen the restrictions. I don't think ignoring the problem and loosening restrictions is a practical solution. I don't think there is a practical solution. And politicians aren't the only ones with wants and desires. People in general have their own goals and desires. Telling them something they don't want to hear isn't easy. Just because everyone wants to drive a car doesn't make it harmless.
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Well, I consider ethanol and CNG (eventually replacing it with biomethane) are a much more practical approach than insisting on an EV-only approach. Let's suppose all the electric power became sourced from zero-carbon sources, and the ICE became effectively banned even while they could run on biofuels and help closing the carbon and nitrogen cycles, all the organic matter discarded instead of being used as a feedstock for biofuels would simply rot away releasing raw methane into the atmosphere, which half-life is IIRC 6 times longer than post-combustion COČ. Considering not only the possibility for farmers to brew their own fuel integrated to their cash-crops and livestock raising, but also a cleaner management of waste and sewage in large metropolitan areas, neglecting eventual benefits the ICE can still provide becomes troublesome.