Honestly I think they made the right call wrt catalytic converters. The stuff that they turn into CO2 is a much more potent and urgent threat than the CO2.
The CO2 problem should have been solved with fuel efficiency, but as we’ve discovered here, it wasn’t. After realizing the unintended consequences of their laws, they refused to go back to them and admit there was a problem, because admitting means they were wrong and they can’t have that.
(Also passengers cars aren’t really the problem. At least they’re small fish, that we’ve been tricked into focusing on so that the real polluters can avoid scrutiny).
Honestly I think they made the right call wrt catalytic converters. The stuff that they turn into CO2 is a much more potent and urgent threat than the CO2.
The CO2 problem should have been solved with fuel efficiency, but as we’ve discovered here, it wasn’t. After realizing the unintended consequences of their laws, they refused to go back to them and admit there was a problem, because admitting means they were wrong and they can’t have that.
(Also passengers cars aren’t really the problem. At least they’re small fish, that we’ve been tricked into focusing on so that the real polluters can avoid scrutiny).