The world has too many politicians seeking power by promising to save the world from disasters of their own imagining. Expensive, electric cars weighed down by half a ton of batteries and with a range barely half that of a gas-powered car are a consequence.
Yes, continuing to raise atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration may be unwise. But battery-electric cars are probably not the best way to eliminate the effect of carbon emissions by gas-powered motor vehicles.
Burning a litre of gasoline produces 2.3 kg of carbon dioxide. But carbon dioxide can be captured from the atmosphere and permanently sequestered underground for an estimated cost of 23 cents per kg. So why not add a Carbon Capture Charge of 53 cents to the price of a litre of gas and invest the proceeds in so-called direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide?
The answer to that question seems to be that governments headed by people like Justin Trudeau lack the either the expertise or the brains to govern well in a technological age.
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