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The Big Crapple: NYC Transit Pollution from Horse Manure to Horseless Carriages - 99% Invisible
In industrializing 19th-century cities like London and New York, horses played a key (and evolving) role in both transportation and pollution. By the 1860s, horsecars (horse-drawn streetcars on rails) had gained traction against more limited horse-drawn carriages. Horsecars offered a smoother...
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Horse refuse and the remains of dead horses littered the streets and provided a breeding ground for (by some estimates) billions of flies a day across the nation. These, in turn, spread diseases, elevating the problem from a nuisance to a public health crisis.
Which brings us to Biden's "I want you to look into my eyes, I guarantee We Are Going To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels”
They both have one thing in common... they both are a pile of crap and they both relate to fossil fuels!
What saved NYC, London, etc. from this shitty existence was gas that same fossil fuel Biden wants to get rid of.
I'm not going to enumerate all the issues that his dumb crappy remark affects other than:
FACTS... There are over 6,000 products that use petroleum... including the lubricants for the wind turbines.
How long to fill your car? less than 3 minutes with gas available at over 100,000 stations in the USA.
Staying Safe at the Pump
How long to charge your electric car batteries?
The time it takes to charge an electric car can be as little as 30 minutes or more than 12 hours.
This depends on the size of the battery and the speed of the charging point.
How Long Does It Take to Charge an Electric Car? | Pod Point
A complete guide on how long it takes to charge an electric car, the factors that influence charging time and the concept of top-up charging.
pod-point.com
How far can electric cars go on one charge?
How far can electric cars go on one charge? Learn all you need to know with this helpful guide.
evcharging.enelx.com
FACTS folks... fill up your gas car in less than 3 minutes vs 30 minutes to 360 minutes, drive 350 miles before filling up again !
Oh and by the way... 1 ton of CO2 is absorbed per year by 6 mature trees
How much CO2 does a tree absorb?
and with 3 trillion trees that's 500,000,000 tons (3 trillion divided by 6 multiple by 1 ton)
Science | AAAS
www.science.org
Annual CO2 emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2020
36.4 billion tons.
Global CO2 emissions by year 1940-2024 | Statista
Annual global carbon dioxide emissions have increased by more than 60 percent since 1990 and are now at their highest ever levels.
www.statista.com
Horse manure in New York in 1893.. But remember this isn't the only pile of crap!