How Cars = Cigarettes
01/19/2022
France just passed a law requiring auto ads to carry a message encouraging the French to bike, walk, take the subway, ride the train, or just travel less.
The hashtag, in English #MovePolluteLess. Here's the story. Just like the U.S. made cigarette companies post health warnings on cigarette packages.
Think electric cars are the answer? Think again. Famed columnist Hedrick Smith of the NY Times 20 years outlined all the mercury and other planet-killing chemicals that fall off your car every time you drive. And then there's the asphalt and pavement, now covering in the U.S. every square inch of the state of Georgia. The oil draining into our rivers and lakes just from the roads kills the wildlife - - including human life. The answer: Greta Thunberg and the rest of the world know the answer is trains.
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