Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT
by burntoutfire on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:27PM
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UK going away from fossil fuel-powered cars will not affect climate change in any mesurable way. The way to go forward is to get everyone (or at least a majority of countries) to agree on a reduction program. Otherwise, UK's population will suffer for nothing.
Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT
by _ph_ on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:23AM
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Funny, one thing one hears in these discussions in Germany is: reducing the amount of CO2 emitted in Germany isn't affecting climate change in a measurable way. Now replicate this in most other countries... One has to start and other nations are going to quickly join in.
Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT
by craigr1972 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:35PM
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Yes it will, because the UK is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021 at which a lot of vital decisions will be made or ratified.
Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT
by majewsky on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:59AM
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By the same logic, we shouldn't spend money on the police to investigate murders in $TOWN because even if we did, it wouldn't down the global crime rate all that much.
Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT
by concordDance on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:58AM
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That's really not analogous at all...
Where is the negative externality in your example?
It's not for the polar bears, it's for us. Massive droughts and rampant storms are going to be far worse than needing to charge electric cars.
What is your alternate plan? I would love to have a less disruptive path forward.