I would like to point out that there are a lot of people saying that the pollution would just be converted from cars pollution to more power plant pollution. However, my answer to that is that power plants are single point-source polluters, they dont move, and it is 1 source that is responsible for the pollution. That means its much easier to control and much easier to reduce power plant pollution with better more expensive technology.
Whereas cars polluting are millions of different moving machines in various states of repair where some pollute more than others and their owners are not necessarily interested in keeping them clean running as long as they are cheap. Power plants however have much stricter government standards and must always have the best anti-pollution technology.
If I could choose whether to have all the pollution coming from cars, or from power plants, I would choose power plants.
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