Post by @bascule@mas.to

2026-05-05 13:42 UTC

@dymaxion @gkrnours I really do have to wonder though, if big oil was responsible for at least some of the media hype around claims of higher EV particulate emissions that didn't really seem to pan out if you actually read the studies. It was widely circulated and is now commonly believed. But doesn't actually seem true. Here in the US the most popular vehicles are the Ford F-Series, where Ford F-250s have curb weights upwards of 7,500 lbs (3.4 metric tons)

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@dymaxion@infosec.exchange 2026-05-05 14:49

@bascule@mas.to @gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place And yeah, definitely didn't have time to read the underlying studies there. It would be pretty unsurprising if oil money was driving that; possibly some day we'll get some juicy discovery there. And yeah, very few trucks that bad in the Nordics, but we have the same issue regardless; lots more small to midsize SUVs replacing sedans and hatchbacks, plus rapidly growing delivery traffic, with few of the carriers doing anything useful about moving to electric fleets, at least in Finland. We've also got less in the way of rail freight here — I live by the access road to one of the major Finnish RORO ferry and get to watch streams of freight go by every day.

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