17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduced to WHO standards
I expect pollution to be as much of a driver of the push for electric cars as climate change. It's something that affects people directly, immediately and noticeably - it stinks.<p>If I had a vote whether to ban combustion engines from my city (cars, trucks, mopeds, leaf blowers - everything), with a relatively short transition period (say 5 years), I'd be in favor.<p>It would probably initially drive up prices of goods due to a shortage of electric delivery vehicles or the need to repack everything onto smaller local trucks outside the city, but I think it'd be worth it.