Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040

Re:Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by... by dmix on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:57PM (#22372328)

I was just reading the other day that India announced some big number of solar GW/per year number for 2030 a while back, but projections are already showing that they will make half that target, at best.

I'm not sure of the utility of politicians making targets 5+yrs from now, let alone decades from now. Maybe partially meeting them is part of the goal?

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Re:Singapore aims to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by... by yostrovs on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:26AM (#22374559)

It's a way to show you're doing something without actually doing it. You become pure light beaming good will on the world, unable to do wrong. The one who has to implement the policy will have to pick winners and losers, make concessions, compromise, etc

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