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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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Germany's Bundesrat Calls for End of Internal Combustion Engine Powered Cars by 2030
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 13 2016, @10:56AM
Sure. But they did it. Now nobody can say, "Well, electricity might be all well and good for a passenger car, but it will NEVER work for an airplane."
What remains is to devise a battery with enough energy density to replace jet fuel. In the meantime, they've already successfully flown jets on biofuel. Personally I'd prefer to fly everywhere in zeppelins, but then I'm steampunk that way.
Washington DC delenda est.