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.
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Boy they’ll get a shock went it doesn’t work ,LOL
China and Russia are laughing their butts off.
It’s fascist to impose a total lack of diversity, inclusion and equity.
Insanity
The EU is living in a dream world
Dirty, filthy Euroscum.
More and more reasons I don’t want to live long.
Every change for the worse is bothering me more and more.
Half of America has already joined them and soon DC will require it from the rest of America.
By the way, has Russia joined the rush to EVs, or do their people have more freedom than Europe on this?
2035.........nevermind.
Obviously they are ignorant of physics and thermodynamics.
EU seeking to return to its feudalistic roots, where “elites” held absolute power over their fiefdom and the serfs were doomed to a life of servitude and poverty with no freedoms and no way to leave.
but we only have 8 years left and they talk about 13 years ,LOL
Indeed. Their electric grid cannot provided enough power for heating their homes and charging their autos as it is now. Where / how do they plan on producing enough in 12 years from now? Solar and wind power is insufficient and they are also attempting to phase out coal and natural gas at the same time.
Unicorn farts and pixie dust maybe?
The plan to destroy average people, in full swing.
Worldwide revolt against the tyrant class must now commence.
An EV requires 400% more metal than a standard vehicle. Windmills require 2000% more metal than internal combustion turbines.
There isn’t enough metal. There aren’t enough mines on the planet.
You know they’ll ban all cars and turn them into bicycles like China a few years ago
Further solidifying the fact that if US said adios to NATO and European subsidization to these current Euro leaders/nations, scarcity by the entity taking over the European cucks would be better managed.
or car ownership will be like North Korea
I have predicted rickshaws will be the primary mode of transportation in Europe in fifty years.
In one hundred years it will be the mule.
Forward, comrades!
They’ll have to build more Oil/Coal power plants to get the extra power ,LOL
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