Posted on 06/11/2022 4:16:23 PM PDT by John Semmens
By a vote of 339 to 249 Members of the European Parliament (MEP) voted to outlaw fossil-fueled vehicles by the year 2035. Netherlands MEP Jan Huitema characterized the decision as "our last best chance to save the planet."
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse pointed out that "a focus on tailpipe emissions neglects to take into account the total pollution impact of switching to battery-powered vehicles. First of all, they are more expensive. Many of the components require rare minerals—some of them from unreliable sources of supply like China. Worn out batteries cannot be safely disposed of without creating environmental problems. The electricity consumed in manufacturing the vehicles is mostly fossil-fueled generated. We'd be exchanging tailpipe emissions for smokestack emissions."
Huitema waved away objections as "incompatible with climate change goals. The fact of the matter is that too many people do too much unnecessary motorized traveling. It's unhealthy. Almost everything a person needs can be obtained from sources within walking distance. Walking is good exercise. Fewer people would be obese if we all walked more. For those who can't walk we can return to the trusty old sedan chair to get around. The emissions of those who walk or carry the sedan chairs will be less harmful than the CO2 emitted by gasoline engines. As for the heavy stuff, ox-carts would be a more environmentally friendly method for hauling what needs to be hauled."
"Civilization existed for thousands of years using these simpler methods for transporting persons and goods," Huitema asserted. "We shouldn't be so arrogant that we demand more than was adequate for our ancestors when the fate of the planet is at stake."
In related news, the number of birds and bats being killed by environmentally mandated wind turbines is seriously disrupting natural food chains. Carolin Scholz of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research said "the decimation of birds and bats who help keep insect pest populations in check will have concerning impacts on food production and disease transmission. Shifting to wind power generation is not without negative ecological consequences."
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Instead of being at the mercy of Russia they plan to be at the mercy of the Chinese Communist Party
Idiots
In other words, getting rid of fossil fuels will do nothing to change the climate.
Get out the kids old pedal cars, thanks to Brandon, they may be coming back in style.
Doesn’t come from fossils.
Skates were a great way to get around back then. We had a brick street around the corner and it was a hill....boy, skating down that street would juggle your guts.
Then they'll say we have to get rid of people.
It will be intersect to see the ice age start when we stop putting CO2 into the atmosphere from industrialization. /sarc
The plants will not be happy with less useable carbon. Will the the tree huggers with plant ESP and empathic powers tell us the plants are pissed at us?
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