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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by rscoots on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:41PM (#27975256)
>it’s just not going to be worth it to drive ICE.

You seem to be mixing market forces with government mandate here a bit. Why not still allow 1% ICE and see how the market reacts? Maybe you're right and it would result in near-0 but why enforce 0 ICE?

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Retric on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:40PM (#27977321)
It’s just a question of efficiency. The first day sales of new ICE are outlawed there are going to be a large number of ICE cars already on the road which keeps most gas stations in business the next day. In effect the difference between 0% ICE or 10% ice is only visible several years in the future.

It’s simply bad policy to create a situation where a lot of 5-15 year old cars get scrapped because nobody can find a gas station. The country is much better off when people scrapping cars because they can’t get gas are doing that to 20+ year old cars.

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