this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
653 points (99.2% liked)
Data is Beautiful
3570 readers
811 users here now
Be respectful
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
If every single one of the estimated 10,000 deaths per year due to the polution from diesel vehicles in Europe was individually reported in the Press, we would have far stronger legislation against that kind of polution and the heads of the companies involved in the Diesel Scandal would be rotting in jail rather than some scapegoat engineer.
(I'm using an European example because that's the data for deaths I remember, but I bet it's the same or worse in the US).