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Canada floats idea of North American ban on new gasoline-powered cars
https://www.reuters.com ^ | DECEMBER 17, 2020 | By David Ljunggren 2 MIN READ

Posted on 12/22/2020 9:24:02 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

Canada wants deeper environmental ties with the United States and one result could be a North American ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks, a senior cabinet member said on Thursday.

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Ottawa and the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden both agreed zero emissions vehicles needed to be deployed faster.

Canada will discuss with the United States how to achieve this and also improve the overall performance of the transport sector, which accounts for 26% of Canadian emissions, he said in a phone interview.

Talks with Washington could cover “what the European countries and Quebec and British Columbia have done, which is to put a date at which they will no longer allow the sale of internal combustion engines,” he said.

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TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; chatforum; electriccars; ev; loctown
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1 posted on 12/22/2020 9:24:02 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
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They must have plans to build 20 or 30 nuclear power plants. Either that or turning cars back into a “rich man’s toy”. There is no way the current electric grid can handle more than a small percentage of the cars out there being powered by electricity.


2 posted on 12/22/2020 9:26:52 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Get used to the idea of bans. There will be many of them coming in many forms.

2020 will look like the good ole days.


3 posted on 12/22/2020 9:26:59 AM PST by Starboard
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To: RomanSoldier19

Isn’t the cost getting better? Can someone give me why they worry about EVS so much?


4 posted on 12/22/2020 9:27:10 AM PST by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The Democrats give away the House with both hands once a generation. It is time.


5 posted on 12/22/2020 9:27:20 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Since the electric grid can’t handle the amount of e-cars necessary to replace gas powered cars everyone will have to stop traveling. All part of the plan to slaughter 90% of humanity.


6 posted on 12/22/2020 9:27:49 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I need to add that the whole global warming thing is an utter farce even worse than this nonsense pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcAHdmYs0j0&list=PL25om63gd1VoP7m5VLuVcLOwKh-FB7Rxp


7 posted on 12/22/2020 9:28:13 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Should go over real well in Alberta and Saskatchewan.


8 posted on 12/22/2020 9:28:22 AM PST by Rebelbase (A COVID misanthrope.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Float it over Niagra Falls, eh. . . .


9 posted on 12/22/2020 9:28:56 AM PST by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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To: Starboard

Yep. Hence my tag line.

And that’s even if Trump is re-elected.


10 posted on 12/22/2020 9:29:01 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Where do you suppose the ELECTRICITY to power those ELECTRIC VEHICLES is going to come from?


11 posted on 12/22/2020 9:29:07 AM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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12 posted on 12/22/2020 9:29:22 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: cuban leaf

Prime Minister Mini Me is at it again


13 posted on 12/22/2020 9:29:41 AM PST by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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To: cuban leaf

Even if you try really hard, lithium ion batteries lose charge over time, and batteries to my knowledge especially the EV ones, involve rare metals in making them. So if one uses it for years, there will be less distance from a full charge. Even the lithium batteries I do possess for various devices I ended up replacing after a few years because even if I ran them down as recommended, they lost capacity and life over that time.


14 posted on 12/22/2020 9:30:05 AM PST by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

How are electric vehicles going to work in Western Canada? Anybody in Toronto, Montreal or Ottawa thinking about that?


15 posted on 12/22/2020 9:31:53 AM PST by Tallguy (Up)
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To: Morpheus2009
If you are interested in energy efficiency, then converting chemical energy directly into mechanical power is way more efficient than converting it into electrical power and then converting that into mechanical power.

16 posted on 12/22/2020 9:32:34 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I’m pushing for a ban on Canada.


17 posted on 12/22/2020 9:32:54 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Morpheus2009

Ask yourself one simple question and that will help you out. If EVs are good for us, why must the government require their use?

All other technological improvements are readily adopted by the people because they are viewed as a step forward. Were cell phones mandated by government? Were personal computers mandated by the government? GPS navigation a requirement? This list of technology brought to the market and quickly assimilated by the people is very large. But EVs? Forced on us by the government, required to be sold, alternatives to be banned. Why?


18 posted on 12/22/2020 9:34:18 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: cuban leaf

Bkmk


19 posted on 12/22/2020 9:34:28 AM PST by kelly4c
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To: Seruzawa

20 posted on 12/22/2020 9:35:11 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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