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Germany's Bundesrat Calls for End of Internal Combustion Engine Powered Cars by 2030

posted by martyb on Thursday October 13 2016, @12:42AM   

Phoenix666 writes:

In Germany, the Bundestrat, or Upper House, has passed a resolution to ban the internal combustion engine (ICE) [Note] powered car by 2030. It’s a nice gesture from a body that is pretty much powerless and composed of non-elected delegates (compare it to the Canadian Senate or British House of Lords), but it’s influential. The Dutch and Norwegian governments are making similar plans, and the EU could follow.

A graphic from the article shows Germany gets one-third of its electricity from renewables now. Will weaning its energy and transportation sectors off fossil fuels confer an economic advantage?

[Note: story is in German. --Ed.]

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• It's a shame It's a shame (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @01:03AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @01:03AM (#413715)

  Germany is a pretty impressive place all things considered. Too bad it won't exist in 20 years.

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• Re:It's a shame Re:It's a shame (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @01:44AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @01:44AM (#413725)

  All those immigrants are ruining it, you mean. Well just wait for the climate refugees from the Netherlands. That's what the Bundesrat is trying to stop.

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  • Re:It's a shame (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:13AM (#413804)

    No, they prepare for it. You know, the people from the Netherlands all ride bikes, so they don't need no stinking internal combustion engines. ;-)

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