Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road to net zero emissions

Re:Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road t... by logifail on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:54AM (#25134975)

> Professor David King, former chief scientific advisor to the UK government, suggested a ban on petrol cars in 2002

from that article: "Britain should follow the example of Lombardy, a heavily-industrialised region in northern Italy, which is to ban the sale of fossil-fuel powered cars from 1 January 2005"

Q: Did Lombardy really enact that ban in 2005? What happened as a result?

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Re:Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road t... by onion2k on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:08AM (#25135062)

A longer article about that point - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/02/oil.business1 (nothing about the outcomes though)

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Re:Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road t... by logifail on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:37AM (#25136531)

I've read that article a couple of times and am left with the impression that this "ban" may have been nothing more than a proposal by Mr Formigoni. Have I misunderstood?

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