EU: Complete ban of petrol & diesel car by 2050
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article said:
In an effort to reduce oil dependence, transport head Siim Kallas unveiled a plan on Monday calling for the complete ban of gas- and diesel-powered cars in Europe by 2050. The plan also contains a provision that would require most trips of 186 miles or more to be done so by train, forcing drivers to abandon their cars.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/european-commission-proposes-ban-of-all-gas-and-diesel-powered-vehicles-by-2050.htmlI did check, and I'm pretty sure that today is NOT April 1st...
so since that is the case, what is it with EU and their hate of cars
rypt said:
what is it with EUSSR and their hate of cars
EFA.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siim_Kallas
"He was previously a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union."
all animals are equal-eth, except some will no doubt have private cars.
Puggit said:
Wiki said:
2004–2010: EU Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud and Vice-president of the Commission
So 6 years spent in utter failure and then he gets promoted...This sums up the EU... Unelectable and out of control.
It did strike me that if this ban was imposed across the EU, the only country that would actually follow it would be Britain.
Every single other country would find a way around it, or not enforce it.
But not Britain.
Britain slavishly follows every single law from the EU, no matter how irrelevent or detrimental to the wealth of the country or the wellbeing of it's citizens.
It's utterly crazy but I see no signs of change. Britain is doomed!
Every single other country would find a way around it, or not enforce it.
But not Britain.
Britain slavishly follows every single law from the EU, no matter how irrelevent or detrimental to the wealth of the country or the wellbeing of it's citizens.
It's utterly crazy but I see no signs of change. Britain is doomed!
Article said:
The plan also contains a provision that would require most trips of 186 miles or more to be done so by train, forcing drivers to abandon their cars.
I wonder how they plan to enforce that... all cars to be fitted with satnav by law, registered on a central database somewhere in Brussels (which by the year 2050 will be Europe's equivalent of Washington DC), each car journey recorded and kept for 12 months, any car owner found to have driven further than 186 miles in any 24-hour period (because the EU will inevitably define 'a trip' to include the return journey as well as the outward journey) receives a £100 computer-generated fine... 
Brighton Derly said:
Article said:
The plan also contains a provision that would require most trips of 186 miles or more to be done so by train, forcing drivers to abandon their cars.
I wonder how they plan to enforce that... all cars to be fitted with satnav by law, registered on a central database somewhere in Brussels (which by the year 2050 will be Europe's equivalent of Washington DC), each car journey recorded and kept for 12 months, any car owner found to have driven further than 186 miles in any 24-hour period (because the EU will inevitably define 'a trip' to include the return journey as well as the outward journey) receives a £100 computer-generated fine... bucksmanuk said:
I hear that Saudi has only 40 years left of commercially available oil, so it will certainly be at a price which means we weren’t be burning it.
Therefore - Does it matter?
You miss the fact that your figure (if it's even correct) is based on currently commercially available oil.Therefore - Does it matter?
What do you notice about this chart of global proven oil reserves over time?
There is an entire industry dedicated to finding more oil - and so far they haven't been too bad at it. Not to mention that the scarcer oil becomes, the more rewarding it is to those who find it, so the more money is pumped into exploration and the more previously uncommercial reserves become commercial.
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