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Re:German push to ban combustion-engine cars by 2030 wins su... by Bobblebobble on Sunday October 09, 2016 @06:25AM (#12670633)
Penalizing emissions directly through gasoline and emissions-based road taxes would be a vastly cheaper and simpler way of reaching the same objective. What can be done to make this more politically palatable?
Re:German push to ban combustion-engine cars by 2030 wins su... by dogma1138 on Sunday October 09, 2016 @11:03AM (#12671489)
No it won't it would harm consumers and businesses because these do not offer alternatives directly.

A global gasoline tax would hugely inflate the prices of good and services without doing anything to reduce emissions.

A gasoline tax that only affects private car ownership would have even a smaller environmental effect while negatively affecting non-urban residents pushing even more people into densely populated cities.

Ban on combustion engines (in new cars sold) isn't as bad as long as there an industry wide cooperation to provide an alternative, it doesn't not affect existing cars and services dependant on gasoline while providing a constant reduction in emissions as more and more zero emission vehicles are put on the road.

Re:German push to ban combustion-engine cars by 2030 wins su... by cashmonkey85 on Sunday October 09, 2016 @02:32PM (#12672577)
Carbon emissions, smog and noise pollution are externalities and not reflected in the market. This creates the huge inefficiencies we see in the economy today with combustion cars still being produced. As Bobblebobble said the most efficient way to correct this is with a tax.