California EV adoption driving down emissions and improving air quality
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I was born and raised in Anaheim California in the late '60's and '70's, the pollution was so bad, I saw the San Bernardino mountains only 1 time, in nearly 10 years, on a clear, windy Easter morning. Today, you can see the San Bernardino's pretty much every day and the air is very noticeably cleaner. People diss on California for lots of things but, they're doing a great job on adopting EV's, solar and wind energy, and housing the homeless and cleaning up the state, which are all very difficult tasks.
Same happening here in Vancouver BC. There are so many teslas in this area but I think Tesla alone is single-handed bringing down transportation air pollution
That is so true. I thought I was just imagining the increase frequency in clear weather
I agree on all except the homeless housing. They have mostly been focused on moving the homeless from nice neighborhoods rather than provide actual housing. Just because you don't see em doesn't mean They aren't there.
This has happened because lots of manufacturing gone to china, is my assumption correct?
Really,without California's example on EVs and clean energy N. America would be so much further behind. Clean air is precious. Tackling pollution is hard work. Recent news that solar is creating a new problem there...too much electricity! We can work with that, way to go.
I mainly watch this channel because it makes me hopeful for the future instead of the doom and gloom you get seemingly everywhere. Thank you Sam, for reporting uplifting news.
I can't believe how many people still freak out at EV pollution to resist change
Take a deep breath of rubber particles. ICE cars have catalytic converters and emissions are near zero.
Many people are so resist to change that facts and logic make no impact.
Sam, I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I Love LA. Back in 1963-1968 the Smog was So Bad your eyes would Burn a lot from the smog! You could wash your car, drive it for 20-30 miles on the freeway and it would be full of black oil spots, and a yellow haze film all over the car. Today it is much cleaner and clearer! Thanks for the video!
I think the Berkeley University might be a little bit generous on overly crediting EV's for the decline in California's air pollution. It has been on the decline for decades, well before the first EV hit the road. There are numerous reason for this. Another academic con job. At least Sam's convinced, though.
@@davidbrayshaw3529 there's street level pollution from vehicles and sky level pollution from industry and power plants.
@@davidbrayshaw3529 "Another academic con job." - LOL, that's your standard response when research doesn't come up with the result you want. 🤣🤣🤣
Hilarious.
Yeah it was far worse back then, all of this has *nothing to do with CO2* however, which is harmless to humans and essential for life on Earth, more is better. It's about most everything else out of tail pipes other than water vapor.
@@BrentonSmythesfieldsaye Your contention to the contrary is what?
Has California's air quality not been improving continually since 2004?
According to the California Air resources board, it most definitely has. There are a number of reasons for this, if you have the time to research it.
I'm fascinated as to what you have to offer in this debate, but honestly, given your reply, I'll be surprised if it's anything at all.
California has also been ramping up the renewables for their power generation, and has always been the leader in the US. On average California uses around 85% clean energy during the day and over 50% during the night. They have solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, nuclear, and battery storage. In fact, they'll have a total of 7gw of battery storage by this summer, and have a goal of 50gw by 2045. And a transmission line is also currently being built to bring another 4gw from already built windfarms from Wyoming.
They no longer use any coal power, and gas sometimes only totals a little over only 1gw on good days when they average close to 95% of clean energy generation.
Several summers ago California advised it citizens to charge their EVa at only certain hours of the day as there was not enough electricity to go around. We had rolling blackouts back then. Imagine if the number of EVs increased dramatically. Everybody will suffer even those who don't own evs.
@@nornalNope. Do some reading.
Don't believe all the hype and press releases by the government. I hope you didn't buy an EV :)
@@Fomites I have read all the press releases I don't believe. Most of them unless the infrastructure is there it is not a good decision to buy an EV right now .I understand that if you have already bought an EV and your outlook is just rosy. But those who are thinking of buying one think twice and di your own research
@@nornal You see my "batteries" mentioned in my comment above. That's what that was about. They have installed most of that capacity since 2020. But especially in just the last 2 years. They can be called up in mere seconds when needed and takes extra power needed. No more rolling blackouts in California.
The best evidence of that can be seen on April 8th of this year during the eclipse with around 11:20am local time being the very worst. Anyone reading this can go to the CAISO site, select "Supply Trend" and then go back to 4/8/2024 on the left side of the graph and see for themselves.
As the outer edges of the eclipse (not the total but the outside shadows) reached their solar farms (beginning around 9am, but more significantly during the period between 10:25am to around 12:pm when they dipped significantly), and the batteries (which were in the middle of charging) took over in an instant. For comparison, from a cold start, it takes gas 2 to 3 hours to respond.
Batteries have worked so well that even oil rich Texas is turning to them now to avoid what happened in 2021.
Sam has made a point that can't be argued against EVs . EV adoption reduces air pollution locally . It's very simple . If you had a complete EV adoption in your area ( the more urban the more benefit ) you would not be breathing in vehicle emissions which are released at ground level . As Sam stated if your eating at a outdoor cafe along a busy road you are breathing in car fumes . People commit suicide with carbon monoxide . Basically the more you breath those fumes the more you contaminate your body .
I ran into a guy who has 2 little kids and owns a diesel pickup . Standing by the truck with it running you get a strong order of the exhaust vapors . Those little lungs are taking in those vapors on a regular basis and the parent is ignorant to what he is doing .
SO True! And these people don't even recognize it! What???
I've been saying most of my adult life that the rise in major illnesses that we see is down to poor quality of air that we breathe .
Also the additives used in food is also a major player in this equation .
Well we also live longer and have more stress.
not to mention the lithium pollution in the water, thats why my sister moved from lemoore
Air is much cleaner now than 50 years ago.
Absolutely !!!
It's really nice to get some good news. We don't have much these days, but at least we are making progress. Thanks Sam!❤
Yes I’ve see major air quality improvements just the past 5 years here in Southern California. Since the 1980’s, night and day difference especially. Can’t wait until EVs are the majority of cars here.
YES!!!
Moving in the right direction
Great news! Needed news! The Central Valley of California has some of the worst air quality in the world outside of India. About a third of the kids there have asthma, and even Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, just east of the Valley, have hazardous air.
Besides areas in India, there are actually places in Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, some parts of China, etc. that are much worst than the valley.
that's mostly due to non-organic farming chemicals.
Also less dust from brake pads, with regen taking up most of the stopping in traffic.
I.m an advocate for eliminating 4-way stop signs, which I think are a pestilence on the land
...but more particulates from increased tire dust. EVs are heavier than ICE vehicles. PM10, 2.5 and 1.0 are all going up.
Nice one California
We all breathe the same air.
STOP BURNING STUFF!
and you need to stop breathing then as you expel co2 our exhaled air contains approximately 3.8% or 38,000 ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide
We do not all breath the same air, look at China air quality right now
@@justinr9753his point if that, the winds move the air from china to other continents and vice versa - we share the negative effects of countries polluting their air.
@@vandamonium1731 Thank you for your positive contribution…
@@John-FourteenSix and thank you for yours .... plants will grow better for your input, but please dont come out with anymore stupid comments as ive ran out of crayons to explain further
I visited Los Angeles a few years ago and the air quality was so bad the air smelled like wet burn heavily used sox. Fires in the countryside had added to LA's famous smog, but the sky was dimed because of the pollution in the city. I'm so glad that they are finally making progress in this area. California has had regulation in place since around WWII. 👍
Same happening here in Vancouver BC. There are so many teslas in this area but I think Tesla alone is single-handed bringing down transportation air pollution
We were shocked at actually seeing the mountains in LA last week.
Which is pure BS and you know it. It all depends on the weather conditions.
in the 1980s I was a USMC helicopter Crew Chief stationed at MCAS Tustin (close to Orange County Airport) flying off the coast you could;ld see the smog and feel it in your eyes on some days. In 2019 I worked at LAX and the air is so clear that you could see the mountains which could not be seen in 1980s
great news Sam!
Tens of thousands of Chijese Ev's are parked up on EU docks. Its about time they started shipping to the UK and dropped prices to get LONDON and other cities polution levels down. Big cities should offer discounts for citizens to buy them.
Thanks Jeff L
The CO2 at these levels dont cause cancer. I think its other emissions that are rhe problem from a health point of view. I think reducing rhese other emissions is worthwhile
I wonder what the air quality is in Oslo, the capital and largest urban area in Norway. I believe that they have the greatest proportion on of EVs in their total vehicle fleet.
Nice!
Air Quality has no border.
driving less worldwide (home office) has more impact. Buying regional products worldwide would have more impact. way too much cargo on the road
Thanks!
Welcome!
I haven't noticed any improved air quality. We still have the hazy smog which hides the mountains. I am seeing lots of EVs on the road from a variety of car manufacturers. New Tesla charging have also been springing up.
Your clean air department has year on year figures dating back to 2004, when California's air pollution was at its highest. California's greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants have been on a steady decline for twenty years, now. I presume that you're in LA. The topography there is much like my home town of Melbourne Australia. It's a bit of a bowl where smog can't escape from on still days.
Los Angeles and the Bay Area are cesspools. People are leaving California, or moving to San Diego where we enjoy the best quality of life in the state.
The video showed a traffic clog that was about 50% diesel semi trucks. Until these nasty particulate and NOx polluters are dealt with effectively also, LA will still be a smog basin, just slightly cleaner one.
There is no free lunch. Gav wouldn't allow hybrid trucks into the ports, insisting on EV trucks. This will all fail because EV technology is not ready. Gav is betting he will be president by the time this all catches up to him.
The Tesla semi is an excellent tractor for short-medium haul. With the batteries in the pipeline, electric semis will be practical very soon.
Diesel trucking is the main culprit for sure.
@@r2dad282 Come up with some clean burning fuel for trucks and we dont care what you do.
@@eddiegardner8232 Vancouver is a big port also and E trucks will make sense too.
They will say that this study is WOKE…
Smoke? Yeah gotta get rid of that stuff 😂
😂😂😂 You can keep those electric vehicles !!!
thanks, I will keep mine, best thing I ever did and after 2years of ownership of a 'cheap' chinese ev (MG) I have been really impressed with everything about it. I had an MG as a youth and this one does not break down, but hey, in those days that was half the fun.
😂😂😂 We will. Thanks
All I can think is why don’t we have a carbon tax?
And why are the fuel prices in the USA still so ridiculously low?
It was telling when city air cleared when covid hit and the roads were empty. of vehicles.
A number of people commented that they could see across London for the first time in 20 years…
Very interesting, love it. Go USA, never thought I would say that.
Evs are suited to city transportation. They are quiet and clean. Do you want to breathe fresh air?
There is no free lunch. So don't complain when Gav and PGE jack your electricity rates to the moon.
I went to LA last year. I didn't feel any air population. But traffic was still horrible. They need public transportation to reduce the number of cars on the road.
I realize that other emissions will probably trend with CO2, but this report was only looking at CO2 which is harmless to humans (debatably hurtful to climate). One needs to look at all the emissions, my guess is nitrous oxides have reduced even more but I don't like to extrapolate from missing data. Particulate emissions may have not gone down, and they are arguably the most dangerous to human health, because a large part of them come from tire wear which is probably slightly higher in EV's.
Probably not, cause the average American car/truck weighs about as much or more as/than an average EV..
@@khunjeau8393 yeah, but most of the people (up to now) getting electric cars like me are trading in priuses (prii?) or civics, not F150's.
@khunjeau8393 Now you're just drinking the climate Koolaid. All EVs that aren't golf carts weigh more than their equivalent ICE competitors, usually by 1000+ lbs.
Semi diesel trucking is the obvious thing to clean up even more than cars. This is where vehicle particle matter is worst along with noxious fumes. EV cars are harder on tires but less on brake dust because of regen, hardly use the brakes.
Work from home is the biggest factor IMO.
He says the study took reduced traffic into account?
work from home is not that kind of a big deal anymore. If you don’t come to the office there is a chance you will get fire anyway
Actually, it's unemployment.
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they have also better rules for shipping, no more high sulfer fuel. Should do as much as car transport.
The study you allude to, but do not link, collected data form a small area in San Francisco with high EV adoption. The CO2 emissions decrease in that small area is not at all indicative of CO2 emissions for California as a whole.. Further, correlation is, of course, not causation as admitted by researchers: "Looking at California data for electric vehicle adoption - which is very high in the Bay Area - Cohen and graduate student Naomi Asimow concluded that the decrease was due to passenger vehicle electrification." That's an unscientific conclusion.
The Quality of Life in San Diego is pretty sweet. Many folks migrating from the Bay Area and Los Angeles with their EV's. Just sayin'.
"Trust the Science"TM
Lead the way California!
It's not leadership, it's tyranny. I don't follow Gav's new climate religion.
EVs are mostly replacing late model vehicles that already pollute less. Older, worn vehicles that pollute more aren't being replaced
with new electric cars.
The replaced late model gasoline vehicles aren't being scrapped, they are being sold on the used car market.
I think this report is somewhat overstated.
Diesel trucking is way more important to clean up.That said, turn Your ICE car on in your garage with the door closed and see how long you last.Then multiply that by 1.5 billion worldwide.
Thank you Sam. 🏜️🕺🏻🐕🏖️
industrial emissions also heavily spill over to your beloved coffee spot. Nevertehless extremly good that a big source of local emissions is going down. Some more to deal with remain though.
That is good news if true. I am all for cleaner air.
Morning mate
I live in the Bay Area, major cities are a ghost town with most stores closed and impossible to park without getting the car broken into. A totally bogus report.
Not down here in San Diego. The air is clean, beaches are cool, and the chicks are hot. Folks who love California are bailing on the Bay Area and Los Angeles and buying homes in Dago. Stay classy San Diego.
Sounds like a totally biassed and bigoted and contradictory report. A ghost town- where cars get broken into!!. How do the assertions made relate to quality of air anyway???
@@MauriceOldis Because the streets are virtually empty. Commercial real estate has a 30% vacancy rate, and climbing. The crowds did not return after they shut down the state for a year and the middle class is fleeing - creating the largest mass migration in US history. Of course emissions dropped.
not to mention the lithium pollution in the water, thats why my sister moved from lemoore, we flew out to help her move... its like a ghost town around there compared to when she moved 20 years ago
A lot of people have been leaving California so decreasing economic activity might be the real reason just like in Germany.
mostly maga, and have been replaced, it is California after all.
When talking about emissions, CO2 is for humans not a harmfull emission which e. g. the NOx are.
An "emission" which will be difficult to get rid of are the particulates from rubber, from tyres. It helps though a lot if you don't smoke, if anyone does it anymore.
Start with the diesel trucks...
Is there a reduction in particulates from EVs compared with ICE? If so, would reduced air particulates from motor vehicles create changes similar to reduced particulates from ships?
Yes.
- barely any pollutants from brakes, as regenerative braking makes brake parts last a very long time. Like over a full magnitude longer then ICE brakes.
- no exhaust emissions. This is a massive reduction. Exhaust contains: C02, NOx, CO, VOC, and PM. Most of the pollutants have skmewhat been reduced over the last few decades, but they are all still there, along with trace combustion byproducts from impurities being burned.
- Energy is recovered during braking, saving substantial energy, especially in hilly environments and in stop and go traffic.
- tires do wear a little faster. But not dramatically more. 10-20% seems to be the consensus. Weight of an EV is getting on par with ICE however.
Performance vehicles always chew through tires, and like ICE, performance EV's do too.
Those of us in cities, where most of the world population lives need to start cleaning up our local air where its the worst. Shipping Ive seen some interesting stuff. Diesel trains are actually powered by electric motors in turn powered by a diesel generator. Run the generator on clean fuel would be even better. Maybe ships could do something like that, hybrid.
I thought the reduction in carbon emissions in California was because so many millions of people left the state. That would have an impact.
Those that still live here, especially in San Diego, are breathing easier. EV's are nearly ubiquitous.
ummm, 2022 was still a covid year where people were driving less. Lets see the 2023 data.
Every time an ev catches fire, it’s an environmental catastrophe
You are what you eat and breathe.
Yet lung cancer rates are up and life expectancy is slighly getting lowered
Making EV battery's is very carbon rich, making electricity is carbon rich. However, the rich people of California can afford EVs, and don't have to worry about the pollution made somewhere else on the planet to make there cars
tesla is made in California, all cars produce co2 in manufacturing. the big difference is in their use.
That's why people live on the streets there. They enjoy the clean air.
California? The bay area?
California should have had a lot more EVs by now, but it is all about money, not pollution, or they wouldn't have backed down on their EV stance years ago
San Diego is one of the most expensive places you can live, yet folks from the Bay Area and Los Angeles keep buying homes here. They bring their Teslas and Rivians with them.
This is probably more to due to the population of California decreasing. The electrical grid in California cannot stand the strain of any more electric vehicles as blackouts and brownouts now plague the state. It would be much better to switch to water powered vehicles. With only water vapor as an exhaust gas this would be much less polluting than EVs. Water to gasified fuel conversions could be done on many existing vehicles which would be an extra bonus of using water as fuel.
On a brighter note, they are now producing too much electricity from solar! Nice problem to have...
@@jaaklucas1329 Don't know where you get your information but mine says they are still not producing enough electricity during heat waves. How are all those solar panels with their toxic chemicals going to be recycled after their lifespan is over. Thorium nuclear reactors are now becoming a reality. Thorium will be cheaper and much more ecologically friendly than solar or wind. There is estimated to be one thousand years' worth of thorium on the earth. There are also endless amounts of water in the oceans to power ships, locomotives, jets, turbines, trucks, and cars.
I think you may be bumping your mic in the beginning of the video about a fourth of the way in. Maybe I’m being a perfectionist but my AirPods made me think someone was trying break my door in 😂
During that time period they're taking the sampling's.California lost about one point four million people. So there is part of it. And transferring the pollutants to china also have something to do with it.
so it’s usually carbon monoxide that i fear in closed garage why is this no concern for environment?
And it also reduce the noise pollution. It just takes time because not everyone can afford to buy new EVs.
They sound like a huge sewing machine
Are you still here Viking?? hehe, cheers.!
Don't forget all the industry leaving.
Tesla news: about 10% of the staff will be fired due to disappointing sales...
EV adoption iis happening primarily because of the economics. It should have happened 40 years ago because of regulation and taxation. Waiting for it to happen and then pretending that this is a victory is like winning a battle because the other side got bored and went home.
So, state and federal tax credits? Those wouldn't be needed if electric was truly better than ICE.
@@r2dad282 Your incorrect assumptions are that this is some sort of contest between technologies and that consumer preference is the way to answer the question "which is better?". This is about climate change caused by human produced carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Global warming is a crime in progress that must be made illegal as soon as possible. When the entire population is a participant in the crime, we must correct the bad behavior through taxation and regulation, and not through punishment. Whether consumers prefer ICE or not isn't the question we should ask. It is 100% irrelevant. Zero emission vehicles must prevail regardless of consumer preference.
@kamra99a Climate zealots will never convince the Normies the world is ending because Greta said so, El Niño is actually caused by climate change, and all the other nonsense leading people to believe the world is ending. It's not. These crazies were wrong in the 70's when we were all going to die of drought and famine, there was a global ice age coming--that was all crap, too.
Have you seen the cost of electric trucks?
That’s a different problem.
EV’s are coming down in price and so will trucks.
Have you read how much ICE vehicles cost when they first appeared as well?
@@BrentonSmythesfieldsaye we cannot live in the past, only the present. Trucks should not be on the road in my opinion, other than local delivery from train stations or airports. That's a more efficient system
Most F-150's and oversized ICE trucks I see in traffic have only one person in it. Unless you need one for work, they are fools killing the rest of us.
@@neildolan7177 While I think there is merit in that point of view, that is not what your original post was about. You specifically raised the point of the cost of EV trucks. Why are you changing the goal posts?
For this reason alone pro-life conservatives should be in favour of EV.
Unfortunately, what California does is export its emissions out of the state, so it isn't better for the world overall
What emissions are they currently exporting out of state vs previous years?
@@jeffl4810 There are more ways than I can remember. There is the obvious imported electricity from fossil fuels which has actually been increasing since the COVID pandemic. There is the manufacturing of products outside the state with carbon footprints unmeasured when purchased in the state. There are people getting cheaper gas across the border in other states and even Mexico. There are companies that shifted carbon emissions out of the state and created bogus carbon credits in the state. There are so many other ways at all levels of the economy and society.
@sangmoon2464
I don't live anywhere close to California, and on a small scale some of that is definitely true.
However, a lot is quite small scale. Items manufactured using FF is definitely a thing. However, most items use miniscule amounts. Even large plastic items might use several to several 10's of liters of FF. Also only bought very seldomly.
That's all insignificant compared to what a single ICE passenger vehicle consumes during it's lifetime. Which is typically 10's of thousands of liters of fuel per vehicle..
Not being from California, I've read several articles that California is one of the leading states (Texas being the biggest) of adoption of Renewables. Solar in particular. Along with Grid Scale Batteries. So you're saying California is importing more electricity than it has in the past?
@@sangmoon2464
No doubt there are companies trying to scam credits also...
Are emissions going down in China?
nope
sort of, they are installing solar and wind faster than anywhere else in the world 200GW+ in 2023 alone which is more than Europe and USA combined. However, they can't make and install them fast enough to keep pace with growing energy demand they have, hence thy are still bringing some coal power stations online. They should peak in emission in 2025-26 and then will start to fall rapidly. India is similar, but a few years behind China.
Logic suggests their emissions will be lower than they would have been…
Why single China out. Emissions are a global problem. Australia and North America for example have the highest energy demand per citiezen and hence highest emissions per capita. As for China with is dominating overall emissions, it doesn't matter, because even if China didn't exist, the emissions problem still would!
At this point in time, very few countries are progressing to meeting target they all agreed on.
Nope, there are using more coal, bought from Australia...
Why have we not heard about this coming out of china with over 48% chinese cars are EV now???
everything we buy it seems comes out of China, when I put on my undies this morning - oh, made in china, went to Bunnings, oh, made in China. Drove my ev there, oh, made in China. So, if we want all this affordable stuff the Chinese will make it for us, and to do that they needed a massive amount of coal power stations to make it all. However they are installing more solar, wind, and batteries, than the rest of the world, because they can't see where they are going in big cities at times. Other countries like Russia are not interested in this stuff.
Same type of research has been done for major cities in China, with impressive pollution reduction numbers shown. It took less than a minute to find multiple research papers on the topic published at reputable journals as well as online media.
Because you are not interetsed in that information because it negatively impacts the mischievous narrative you want to promote, of course you have "not heard". You don't want to hear do you.
Because you didn't want to hear about it??
There are several research papers available, for example focusing on the effect of EVs on pollution levels in some of China's major cities.
The research papers and/or reporting of them can be easily found on line. Just like most things on the Internet.
@@BrentonSmythesfieldsaye Ture. I did not make an effort to go dig that info up.
@@thedot3814 Often research info is not made visible by the media. You have to leave opinions behind and track it down if it is in an area of interest to you.
Thank you for being intellectually honest in your repsonse. Something so many posters could learn from. All the best.
High gas prices have caused people to drive less. Currently $5.7 9 for cheapest grade of gas at cheapest gas station in the area. And the bay area is clearing out people are fleeing the filth and crime in the city. But less pollution is good.
Australia is also a Lagarde here. It's one of two countries that don't have emissions standards. If you are so passionate about this, you would not have your family living here.
Am I missing something here?? Are they not being charged from coal fired plants anymore? All that has happened is that the emissions have moved out to the country. Plus the emissions noted were from 2018 to 2022 so how about the pandemic when everything was shuttered? Was that taken into account?
That’s not what was said. What the video is saying is that there are less emissions in California not just LA. Personally I’d rather we keep emissions in the city and leave the countryside alone.
Try and keep up
California's air quality has been improving since 2004. Not only that, but San Francisco's population declined during the above period, before returning to current levels.
Cherry picked nonsense by Berkley again.
💙California #1Always and Forever 🇺🇸
We just moved the emissions to the lithium mines, China's furnaces and our power stations.
Correct. The emissions are elsewhere on the planet. Localy good, but it's still there globally!
@@ghunt9146 Emissions always go up globally because without fossil fuels economies can't grow. People live in a dream world.
Lithium only has to be mined *ONCE* along with other battery minerals.
It's indefinitely recyclable.
Enough Lithium is projected to be mined in the next 15-20 years, that we won't have to mine it anymore.
Note that the average passager EV contains just 10's of kg of lithium.
Can't say that about the *10's thousands of liters of gasoline the average car uses over its lifetime.* None of it recoverable...
I live in California and do see a lot of EVs on the road especially Tesla models.
How about a study showing the data of air quality, all day, every day showing all pollutants, not just co2. Without co2, plants can’t breathe. How about the real pollutants… let’s see that data!
Ok, why don’t you present it for us?
"Without co2, plants can’t breathe." - Hey everybody, dave just discovered plants need CO2.
I cringe every time I see this silly mischievous narrative pop up. It has to be the one of the dumbest things I hear people say.
@@BrentonSmythesfieldsaye I usually ask them "if plants thrive on CO2 then why are plants growing larger than ever?" as you say, it's clingiest argument going. I think they believe "net zero" means removing ALL CO2 from the atmosphere 😅
@@steve_787 Yep, sadly they would be dumb enough to think that I suppose.
Haha! Yes I’m saying it! No I dont think the plan is to remove all co2 from the atmosphere. I’m saying, talk about ALL pollutants, especially the carcinogenic pollutants and the pollutants that get into the water.
Aren’t the polar ice caps supposed to be gone by now and all the polar bears dead? Get a grip people! We are closer to the sun right now than we were 20 years ago. We will start getting farther away around 2030. Then we will be getting close like we are now around 2050. Made made global warming is the biggest farce and new religion to distract you and make you not pay attention to what the government is really doing. Pollution, however, is totally man made and real! We shouldn’t be poisoning people or the planet.
This is the smoking gun. The first revelation was the Tesla with close to 700k with little to no maintenance, or battery degradation.
@@reginald7214 Not really. As long as you have access to a charger you can pick up a used one fairly cheap now. As long as the battery is healthy it should go past 500K with little to no maintenance under normal driving conditions. And if you have a day job you can charge it for peanuts at night.
@@grndzro777you are wise. And I agree 100%. I have a EV6 for past 12months. Chargers only with solar and never paid to power it up with 525km range it’s changed my life and saving $11k on Middle East blood money fuel alone will pay my car off in 4 more years. And I’m un polluting my city !! There is no down side another bonus is you can see the thicko easily controlled people in society as they still drive a fossil car haha
Unfortunately we are told through government propaganda that emissions will be reduced with EVs and renewable tech such as solar panels and wind turbines. The manufacturing process for these technologies produces enormous amounts of CO2 well above that required for equivalent ICE cars and nuclear reactor technology. Because Net Zero technologies are short lived when compared to the older technologies they replace there will be a continuous and massive amount of mining and manufacturing required. CO2 will as a result spike dramatically and never come down due to their short life cycle and the need to continuously replace them. Because of the battery EVs are more or less similar to your mobile phone, when the battery is done and new tech has arrived they become useless. There is essentially no second hand market for an EV as buyers are not interested in taking on the battery risk. Calling Net Zero tech green is simply a lie the government wants you to believe.
Stop spreading FUD.
- Solar panels are energy neutral within a few years, and are productive for decades...
- EV's save enormous CO2.
And will only get better with time. This is 3 fold:
a) EV's use less electricity then it would take to make the fuel for ICE (accounting for extraction, transport, refinement, storage distributionand dispensing). Resulting in *a net savings of electricity by switching to EV's* and no FF required
B) EV's can be powered by any source that makes electricity. And are much more efficient at consuming that energy. This also means they become even cleaner and cleaner as the grid cleans up. And grid scale pollution is much more controllable and lower emissions than a billion or two individual ICE.
c) Batteries are indefinitely recyclable... The minerals only have to be mined *ONCE*. In the next 15-20 years enough lithium will be mined, that we won't have to mine more. Note the typical passenger EV only contains 10's of kg of lithium...
Can't say that about the *10"s of thousands of liters of gasoline* consumed by by the average car over its lifetime... None of it recoverable, extremely environmentally damaging in its extration, transport, refinement. And then untimely all the issues from its combustion...
And batteries are proving to lasting a *VERY* long time in EV's. At keast the better ones.
New battery developments have basically removed battery degradation issues
But I thought ICE cars were good for the planet, completely safe, and never explode like the Ford Pinto used to. Lead was a particularly great additive and also completely benign. Sorry..... Started using big words.....
So by reducing the CO2 emitted we make the air cleaner.....amazing
Were talking noxious fumes aside from CO2. Try this,turn you ICE engine car engine on in your garage with the door closed and see how long you last.
Great news do hybrids also reduce emissions ? Their main benefit is hybrids don’t idle when in traffic jams or waiting at intersections.
That depends.
Most hybrids are using parallel power trains, in which emissions are actually worse.
Only the very few with serial power trains (EV with range extender) do help.
Hey Sam, thought you were closing down your channel, since Tesla is laying off 10% of it's work force. Notice that video was made private almost immediately. Sounds like you owe your audience an apology for getting this wrong and lying about what you would do. be a man and take responsibility please.
I live in Socal. The pollution reduction likely has more to do with high gas prices than ev adoption. Since ev adoption figures are tied to new vehicle SALES, the actual number of ev's vs ice cars on California roads is maddeningly difficult to find. I would guess the actual number is still less than 10%.
Really, Sam? According to their own estimates, the number of air quality alert days has INCREASED, not gone down. As well, particulate pollution has gone up.
Seems like killing off acres of grass and trees for solar panels kind of erodes the area's ability to filter air and absorb CO2. Also, since solar and wind AREN'T generating hardly any power and coal and natural gas plants have to be used less efficiently to cover the difference, emissions have gone UP due to solar and wind and EVs.
The narrative doesn't play anymore. The real life facts refute it completely.
I want to Thank Elon Musk as the catalyst that has accelerated clean air thru EVs and many other projects
No, Elon has hurt the feelings of the old Twitter users, so now Tesla bad.
What about smug? Remember when the Prius came out and they had a major smug problem
All the smug drivers moved on to Teslas. then Twitter became X and now they're moving on to other EV brands. Current hybrid drivers just want better mileage without all the virtue-signaling.
Tesla news: about 10% of the staff will be fired due to disappointing sales...
All of those don’t have to travel to work anymore! 🤔
Well.... they could really speed that adoption rate up if USA's EVs are cheap enough... Oh wait! Chinese EVs are not allowed into USA. They are (not) a "security threat", or a threat to the American car manufacturers, or some other nonsensical attempt at protectionism.
"Is this supposed to be a joke? The reality is, the significant drop in carbon emissions in California is primarily attributed to the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of people. They're not just taking their cars and businesses, but also their once-employed staff (in the hundreds of thousands) and the tax revenue they generate.
He lost.
Get over it.
@@mavelous1763 Who lost? It sounds like you are bringing up a different topic.
@@charlesjackson2759 no,actually the same topic.
Where I live, many people listen to Trump:
No masks
No vaccines
No moon landings
DEFINITELY No EV’s….why? because there’s no such thing as pollution, global warming, etc. and the government is making them drive electric vehicles because of the deepstate.
None of this nonsense has to do with truth or reality, which is why you get a lot of anti-EV trolls. Regardless of the fact of WHO is posting EV content ,electric vehicles are much faster than gas & have much more torque, have no transmissions, have no fluids to deal with. Of course there are obstacles, but for an industry that’s been around for about 20 years I think it’s doing pretty well versus 150 years of stalled technology.
When I was a kid, all men were interested in was fast cars, and now they’re worried about: “I can only go 300 miles(just like trump said, or actually: you can only go for 30 minutes”)
Jackasses
Trends in California continue to lead the nation by five years or more. It's been this way for generations now.
Nope. Progressives don't know how to stop cramming down their climate religion on the voters. Other states are catching on to this nonsense. Eventually this will revert, after much much more pain and financial ruin in CA.
In 1977 L.A. set a record for the most smog. I was on the track team at high school. The smog was so bad you could barely see the scoreboard across the length of the field!
Discuss the power supply that will power all those EVs in California. Does PGE have projections about supply and demand considering additional burden by EVs?
You breathing normally alone inside a 2500sq foot home will raise the co2 level you breath back in to higher levels then all the vehicular traffic in your city will.. Atmospheric levels of Co2 are not harmful to breath. Particulates, nitrogen oxides and ozone are harmful but are mitigated by exhaust treatment systems. Modern combustion vehicles clean the air of more harmful pollutants they they emit. The air going out the tailpipe's of modern cars have lower measurable particulates then the air they draw into the engine.
Scientific citations?
There's a lot of FUD in this...
@@jeffl4810 www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/902450
Its common knowledge.. uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat09/1907101151_20190709_Non_Exhaust_Emissions_typeset_Final.pdf
I just have to wonder what emissions would be if the Left Coast “California” we’re to produce all of the power needed in that beautiful but misguided state. It’s fairly easy to lower emissions when so much is purchased from neighboring states. Not only would I not want to live there, all because of government ignorance, I won’t even visit the state.
Sam, what about the water sources and water usage in California? Also good news? Nope...
You have ZERO clue as to what Southern California was like during the 70s. They've done enough, as the heavily filled smog days are long gone. That said, the car community is very big here, and even with strict emissions, many still modify their cars, and there are many who knows someone who knows someone to get their modified car past the smog checks.
Try this,turn you ICE engine car engine on in your garage with the door closed and see what you think. X 1.2 billion worldwide not counting big diesel trucks that are worse.
Emissions are down on the street but the increased emissions from the power plants more than make up for it. Evs create more pollution than ice cars, you just don't see it. This is magical thinking!
No, they don't.
Driving an EV actually saves electricity... Imagine that.
This is because of the insane amount of electricity needed to process oil to its ultimate destination as gasoline.
And power plants are vastly more efficient then ICE.
@@jeffl4810 It is the grid that is not efficient. Try to make a 400 mile trip on a time schedule. I would like to own a Tesla but it cannot replace my ice without sacrifice.
@danielc3003
The grid is incredibly efficient. Even old skool steam thermal plants are between 40-and 55% efficient in turning fuel into electricity. With the latter being Ultra Super Critical steam plants. Gas turbines are 60+%. Hydro is even more efficient.
The transmission losses are in the order of 7-10% from plant to end user. Sometimes lower. Especially when distributed generation is used.
ICE efficiency peaks at 20-25% maybe a bit more with some designs. But it's not in its peak for long periods of operation. And ICE requires a LOT of energy to: extract, transport, refine, distribute, and dispense the fuel. So much so, that fuel processing uses more energy than if everyone used EV's instead.
The grid could use more distribution capacity, and it's becoming greener all the time. It's also far less polluting, even if all ICE was gone and the grid was powering EV's using FF.
The USA alone would save about 1100 TWh annually by not processing FF. More than enough to to power everything with EV's and still have about 500 TWh left over...
Capacity issues will be helped by grid scale batteries, HVDC transmission lines, and management of resources such as hydro.
@danielc3003
There are EV's that can do 400+ miles in a charge. And a quick charger can top up most modern EV's in ~20 mins.
I don't know about you but when I try and drive more than 800 km's, I kinda could use a bit of a break. I get all tensed up from sitting that long...
@@jeffl4810 Look it up. Over 60% of the electricity produced is lost in distribution. Sufficient ignorance can make anything seem possible.
Don't worry, California's policy of no controlled burns and no forest fuel reduction will result in 1000x emissions this summer when our forest burn down.