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Canada to announce all new cars must be zero emissions by 2035 (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Canada to announce all new cars must be zero emissions by 2035::Canada expects to announce this week that all new cars will have to be zero emissions by 2035, a senior government source said, as Ottawa is set to unveil new regulations in the latest example of countries around the world pushing for electrification.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depends on what emissions scenario we end up hitting. Some of them are pretty scary. You can't say you know what will happen bcz we don't actually know how much CO2 we will have in the atmosphere in the next century, and climate change seems to be outpacing the models right now, so we really can't say if it will be worse or not.

I agree, most of what you've said is correct, but we cannot say it won't be much worse than that bcz we just don't know what we don't know.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

What are some of the scary scenarios you have seen? I wouldn't mind reading up on some good sources that would be useful to keep an eye on.

Besides what we see in movies (unrealistic world ending scenarios), what I listed out seems to capture the realistic worst case scenarios that I have come across.

I haven't seen any projections that say that the atmosphere itself will become unbreathable (although we could see a lot more massive dust storms that would force people to remain inside or only go out with proper protection).