Electric vehicle transition could create unwanted air pollution hotspots in China and India
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And it's insane. We already know how to cope with SO2 pollution - search on acid-rain.
The article actually knows about this and talks about "enforcing stringent SO2 pollution control measures for thermal power plants, using mature technologies like flue-gas desulphurization."
Strangely, they seem to think that nobody is going to bother to ensure that battery manufacturing plants meet the same emissions standards.
The people responsible for enforcing these regulations monitor the SO2 in the atmosphere, not just in the chimney's of power stations.
And if conifer forests start dying off again, people will be able to work out why.