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Re:Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road t... by ourlordcaffeine on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:21AM (#25135135)
>During the covid19 situation we've seen the impact of shutting down parts of the economy on GDP

I believe we've also seen the impact of not locking down due to fretting over the economy, which is a longer lockdown further down the line because the health services got overwhelmed. Basically not locking down saved 4 months of economy at the expense of the next 2 years.

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Re:Britain to ban new petrol cars and vans by 2030 on road t... by CraigJPerry on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:23AM (#25135150)
Well yeah that’s an excellent point. I think i’d rather be in NZ or Aus than in the UK today.
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