John HolmesFeb 22
Pollution from trucks and buses costs Australians $6.2bn in health effects each year, study finds
Research describes children exposed to air pollution equivalent to eight cigarettes a day by attending childcare near major roads
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/22/air-pollution-emissions-trucks-buses-australia-health-effects
Emissions from trucks and buses cost Australia $6.2bn in health effects each year, study finds

Research describes children exposed to air pollution equivalent to eight cigarettes a day by attending childcare near major roads

The Guardian
Show threadLats (314 ppm)Feb 22
@jhaue maybe it’s time for electric buses and trucks for inner city work. What a thought!?
#evs
Show threadDragonFlameFeb 23

@Lats @jhaue

#ACT has about a third of buses electric, aiming to be all by 2040.
That sounds slow but they are also building electric rail system eventually covering all areas. It is brilliant in theory but difficult in practice because it disrupts traffic to get rail through CBD.
Also usual grumpies whinge on and on about it.
I have lived in London, it will be like a mini Underground but above, which was so easy and fast..

So absolutely great, again also expensive but in long run ideal.

Show threadLats (314 ppm)
@RHW @jhaue I was in Canberra today and 4 of those buses went past in the space of two minutes. As I recall, the LNP opposition is opposed to the rollout in some way.
Feb 23 at 5:32amWeb
Show threadDragonFlameFeb 23
@Lats @jhaue
#Lib opposes or destroys everything.😁