MAINE MONITOR • October 25, 2020
Ask experts about cutting vehicular emissions — the largest source of Maine’s greenhouse gas pollution — and you’re apt to hear how complex the task is. Finding ways to equitably transition from gas-powered to electric vehicles, develop a modernized grid and broadband network, and combat sprawl do demand a daunting confluence of innovative policies, technology and— yes — money. Yet there’s a low-tech, inexpensive route to lowering vehicular emissions that works instantaneously: Drive less.