Whoa nelly. Yes, that's what I said in my head when I saw this headline on AutoblogGreen (actually, it was more along the lines of holy crap...but same difference):
Study: zero emission vehicles could save $142 billion in health care costs
A new study jointly conducted by the American Lung Association of California and TIAX LLC, a consulting firm specializing in transportation and alternative fuels research, suggests that up to $142 billion could be saved by the year 2030 in just the state of California if its fleet were converted to zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs). The study also reports that California alone could "annually avoid 300 cases of premature death, over 260 cases of chronic bronchitis, over 7,000 asthma attacks and more than 18,000 cases of upper and lower respiratory symptoms."
(read the rest of the article and a press release over at ABG)
