Germany Plans to try a free public transportation In Cities suffering from air pollution 

     Germany is currently the EU's largest air polluter and it has been struggling to come with ideas to help solve this problem. Some ideas that Germany came up with was to ban diesel engines from large cities because of the large amount of pollutant they produce in hopes of the use of a more environmentally friendly engine. This proved to be more than difficult because no environmentally friendly engine is readily available for the trucking industry. The solution Germany is currently voting on is to make public transportation free to hopefully remove more vehicles from the road.
   

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  1. Mary SpaethMarch 25, 2018 at 8:16 PM

    Most of Northern Europe is struggling to get rid of diesel (certain types of diesel). Many trucks and busses now run on fuels such as biodiesel, biogas, and hydrogen. Have you guesstimated the overall cost/benefits for free transportation vs a potential decrease of trucks and automobiles on the roads?

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  2. UnknownApril 11, 2018 at 1:12 PM

    I think that this is a fantastic initiative for both the environment and the citizens living in Germany. This is a problem that I believe will never be fixed but only helped and if other countries begin to follow suit with Germany the impact will be exponentially larger.

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  3. UnknownApril 18, 2018 at 4:26 PM

    I think the free public transportation is a great idea to eliminate pollution but also think it is important to consider the cost of it and setbacks of the idea.

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  4. Her Whole StoryApril 25, 2018 at 5:53 PM

    I think the idea of free transportation is a good idea for short time, but I am not sure that it will continue benefiting in the long run. Maybe citizens will enjoy the fact that it is free for a while, but then I think the conditions of the transporting system will become less clean and less desirable, so less people will continue using them.

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  5. Catie PurcellApril 30, 2018 at 12:58 PM

    I agree with some of the previous comments, I think it is a good idea but it could become very costly.

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