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Car lovers: but my emissions :'(
I wonder whether they have noise pollution meters. that would be interesting to see the difference.
Edit: there is! https://carto.bruitparif.fr/ But only until 2022?
2017
2022
2022 was much quieter, but that was also during COVID. I wish they had something for 2023 and 2024
Fuck cars.
80% of the noise over 75dB in a French city is two stroke petrol scooters going "baaaaaaababababbaaaaaaa" at 3 in the morning.
Ugh those need to be banned and replaced with electric scooters. Some place in Asia did that and the air quality went up dramatically.
Car lover here. Fortunately we have things like DEF injection nowdays to keep NOx emissions down while still enjoying our cars! It is however unfortunate that many people remove those systems because of perceived unreliability.
Still, soon as I can afford it, I'll be moving to electric myself. Electric cars do cause more noise at any real speed though, as tire noise overtakes engine noise at 30-40 km/h in my experience, and EVs are a fair bit heavier. But the grid is a lot cleaner nowadays than burning diesel fuel.
My eyes are burned into my head due to someone using a pie chart on these data...