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European Union approves effective ban on sales of gas cars by 2035, requiring 100% reduction in CO2
The Blaze ^ | February 15, 2023 | Andrew Chapados

Posted on 02/19/2023 4:30:41 PM PST by Twotone

European Parliament has formally approved a law that will effectively end the sale of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles in the European Union by 2035, calling for a 100% reduction in CO2 emissions for any new cars sold, according to Reuters.

The 27-nation union agreed to the changes in October 2022, but has now formalized the deal, which enforces a 55% reduction in emissions for vehicles by 2030. Levels for CO2 for 2021 were set at a target of 37.5%.

Vans will get a slight advantage in the market, requiring a a 50% cut by 2030, compared with 2021 levels.

Just a few months before the announcement in May 2022, car makers such as Ford and Volvo even signed a joint letter with 26 other companies asking the European Union to implement such a plan.

The target of 2035 has been justified by the EU based on what officials say is an average vehicle lifespan of 15 years, which would allow the EU to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: automotive; bans; c02; europe; europeanunion; gascars
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To: butlerweave

It isn’t supposed to work.


21 posted on 02/19/2023 4:51:40 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Twotone

Include private jets or stfu.


22 posted on 02/19/2023 4:55:02 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Twotone

EU Sucking on pipe Dream


23 posted on 02/19/2023 4:55:38 PM PST by wetgundog
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To: Twotone
The current climate is heaven compared to what it used to be. There have been terrible cold spells which led to famine. A couple of the more famous began in 535 and 1815. Terrible times for all. Life requires warmth. The last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago. Before that, the earth sufferd after 100,000 years of horrible cold.

Read this article: Year Without a Summer.

24 posted on 02/19/2023 4:55:52 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Twotone

> European Union approves effective ban on sales of gas cars by 2035 <

What a coincidence. I just approved a ban on the EU by 2035.


25 posted on 02/19/2023 4:55:55 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: frank ballenger

I want to live long enough to see these mfers hang.


26 posted on 02/19/2023 4:56:13 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Twotone

Recently Germany plowed under a windmill farm because, underneath the soil is a great deal of......COAL! That’s right. They stopped so many of their electricity plants powered by nuclear, they had to return to good ‘ol coal. Liberalism really is a mental disease.


27 posted on 02/19/2023 4:57:04 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: MattMusson

Germany demolished a wind farm to get at the coal underneath. We need to ship arms to Europeans. Just flood the whole EU with handguns.


28 posted on 02/19/2023 4:58:16 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Twotone

Buy 2035 people will find out what a scam electric vehicles are.


29 posted on 02/19/2023 4:58:16 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Ha! Beat me by a few seconds.


30 posted on 02/19/2023 4:59:07 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Tyrant class needs to be made to feel afraid, VERY AFRAID!


31 posted on 02/19/2023 5:00:26 PM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Twotone

Same people who are forcing Germans to burn wood to keep warm.


32 posted on 02/19/2023 5:00:40 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Twotone

The climate will continue to do what it’s going to do no matter what puny humans
do.


33 posted on 02/19/2023 5:00:45 PM PST by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: Twotone

“In 2019 China is estimated to have emitted 27% of world GHG, followed by the United States with 11%, then India with 6.6%.”

“In 2020, 27% of the GHG emissions of the United States were from transportation, 25% from electricity, 24% from industry, 13% from commercial and residential buildings and 11% from agriculture.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_the_United_States

Comrades, 27% of 11% is 2.97%. US cars, planes and trains emit 2.97% of global CO2 emmissions.


34 posted on 02/19/2023 5:03:42 PM PST by Brian Griffin (una vez)
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To: Twotone

No electricity...


35 posted on 02/19/2023 5:04:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: beethovenfan

Soros and others are now paying to dim the Sunlight hitting
Earth.

Why leave to the government such small matters?


36 posted on 02/19/2023 5:05:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: Four of Six

They are smart people and have concluded they will open five new 1,000 MW nuclear units every month from now until 2035. Problem solved.

Ha, ha, ha!


37 posted on 02/19/2023 5:06:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (There is lots of money and power in Green Communism and we all know where Communism ends.)
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To: cgbg

Shoes, comrade, shoes will be #1.

Bare feet will be #2.


38 posted on 02/19/2023 5:06:29 PM PST by Brian Griffin (una vez)
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To: Twotone

Knock yourselves out Eurotrash.


39 posted on 02/19/2023 5:08:12 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Me too


40 posted on 02/19/2023 5:08:22 PM PST by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders wh to sile ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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