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Old 08-03-2023, 09:28 AM   #18
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I was an auto mechanic for 50 years and I can assure you, there is nothing clean about fossil fueled cars and trucks.

I contributed 50000 dirty oil filters to landfills in my career and I was only one small time mechanic, not to mention all the other greasy, grimy parts I threw away in my 50 year career.

I came home every day smelling of oil and gas with hands I could never get completely clean.

I'm surprised I'm still alive after all the chemicals I used over the years and all the carbon monoxide I was breathing in over the years.
Oh, I agree for sure, but—as best I know it—the process for mining to produce the batteries and solar materials connected to most electricity being produced by fossil fuels makes the discussion much more complex.

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