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A comment on Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines on notice.

Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by dgellow on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:36AM (#27844496)
For people who own a gasoline car, what are they supposed to do with it? Lot of them are still in good conditions but will be useless and worthless. If you cannot use it, cannot sell it, what are you supposed to do? Should they just throw them away, then buy a new car? Or drive it to a foreign country outside of the EU?
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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by thinkcontext on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:46AM (#27844622)
The rule applies to new cars, fuel will still be sold after 2035. Of course, at some point gas stations will begin to close and the price will begin to rise, so there will be more incentive to buy a new car. Weigh that against the fact that EV fuel is much cheaper per mile than gas, EVs require less maintenance and that by 2035 will be cheaper upfront than a similar ICE car.
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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by gitanovic on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:17AM (#27844989)
Sorry, but I don't understand why fuel price should rise if the demand takes a dip
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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by thinkcontext on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:24AM (#27845090)
The EU carbon price will continue to go up. Fuel will get hit with it when crude oil crosses the border and during refining.

You do raise a good point about the size of that effect vs that of lessening demand.

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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by jeegsy on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:43AM (#27845341)
State(Superstate?) market intervention
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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by rapsey on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:52AM (#27844703)
The rules seem to target new cars not old.
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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by pjerem on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:46AM (#27844614)
Why would they be useless ? You can use them until they die.
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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by drclau on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:52AM (#27844696)
The mandatory vehicle inspections [0] will likely cut them down before they die a "natural death".

Links:

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection

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Re:Europe’s aggressive new emissions rules put gas engines o... by oggeline on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:47AM (#27844646)
This only affects new cars.
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