Ban does not include hybrids and biofuel vehicles.
1 posted on
04/27/2009 8:53:21 AM PDT by
doc30
To: doc30
That sounds like a dandy was to boost recession-hit sales of existing gas-powered cars thru 2005.
Same "ends" here in the US with Government Moters and driving the car company to bankruptcy... just different "means".
2 posted on
04/27/2009 8:56:47 AM PDT by
C210N
(The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
To: doc30
Still, Halvorsen said she knew of no other finance minister in the world who was even arguing for such a goal. Who wants to be ahead of their time on a stupid idea?
3 posted on
04/27/2009 8:59:41 AM PDT by
FourPeas
(I am the pink flamingo on the great lawn of life.)
To: doc30
Invest in Norwegian hay futures.
6 posted on
04/27/2009 9:09:03 AM PDT by
IronJack
(=)
To: doc30
Liberals really don’t think things out.
Electric cars require lithium made batteries.
Lithium comes from strip-mining and batteries disposed of are bad for water supplies.
Then to send the electricity through the power lines to power the battery, tons of coal must be burned every year.
This is not taking in account the manufacturing factors, such as the amount of gas used for the lithium mining trucks, the battery manufacturing camps.
I guess it makes everyone feel good though.
7 posted on
04/27/2009 9:11:09 AM PDT by
MNDude
To: doc30
Fabulous idea. Let us know how those battery operated electric cars work when it's -55 Deg. F in the winter there.
That should get you at least 5 miles down the road, if you don't drain battery power by running the heater or the windshield defroster.
To: doc30
Norway is prosperous for the first time in modern history for one reason and one reason only: North Sea Oil Reserves! If they really wanted to reduce fossil fuel use, they would suspend exports of oil and ride their smug self-righteousness right back into poverty and obscurity.
9 posted on
04/27/2009 9:12:42 AM PDT by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: doc30
In 2065, Norway will look like Cuba today with a large number of classic 2015 cars still being driven around (or pulled by oxen).
10 posted on
04/27/2009 9:12:58 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(No free man bows to a foreign king.)
To: doc30
"This is much more realistic than people think when they first hear about this proposal," she told ReutersKinda like your dentist telling you that "this is not going to hurt much" as he straps you down on the table while announcing that the office ran out of painkillers the day before...
13 posted on
04/27/2009 9:19:40 AM PDT by
Zeppo
(Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
To: doc30
Freezing in the dark, and STUCK IN ONE PLACE. Nice. Have all the modern industrialized nations gone totally nuts?
14 posted on
04/27/2009 9:20:44 AM PDT by
La Lydia
To: doc30
Norway should go one step further by banning cars that use any materials that are a product of oil or oil produced energy. Go all the way.
15 posted on
04/27/2009 9:21:37 AM PDT by
pallis
To: doc30
Right or wrong, you can always tell a Norwegian - you just can’t tell him much.
17 posted on
04/27/2009 9:30:56 AM PDT by
dainbramaged
(If you want a friend, get a dog.)
To: doc30
Dandy! Yet another item to add to the ever growing list of why Norway isn’t (and never will be) a major player in the World to any degree.
18 posted on
04/27/2009 9:31:16 AM PDT by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts....)
To: doc30
I’m still waiting for a street-legal, wind-up car.
19 posted on
04/27/2009 9:41:09 AM PDT by
CHATTAB
To: doc30
Does anyone know who owns the donkey and buggy whip monopoly in Norway?
22 posted on
04/27/2009 9:52:58 AM PDT by
Cyman
To: doc30; thackney
Norway, that sits atop the North Sea Oil fields?
25 posted on
04/27/2009 10:07:34 AM PDT by
CPT Clay
(Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
To: doc30
“..her Socialist Left Party..”
Just a coincidence? I think not.
28 posted on
04/27/2009 11:12:21 AM PDT by
TexasRepublic
(I am inconsolate over the death of our country.)
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