Pushing Electric Cars Will Do Little to Fight Air Pollution in Poland
We have now seen a real PR blitz on "electro-mobility" in Poland . It seems on the surface that the Polish Government finally gets that it has to address air pollution problems. The data on the air in Poland is appalling, maybe they will take it seriously now? Maybe not. The problem is automotive emissions is old cars. One old "smoker" will easy emit more junk into the air than several hundred new cars. Even in countries, like Canada, will much newer average cars on the road, most of the emissions come from less than 25% of the vehicles . In Poland, with much older autos in common use and with no vehicle emissions inspection program, the older cars will have a much, much greater impact on total emissions. So enter the electric car...zero emissions. Solution? Not really. First, the people buying new electric cars will not be the people driving "smokers." So it is easy to see how replacing even 20% of the current cars with electric cars