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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   Printer-friendly

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:43PM (#413967)

    most problems with large-scale renewable energy seem to relate to periods of non- or minimal- generation.
    most problems with transportation seem to relate to range […] and cost

    Summary: Most problems with "green" technologies seem to relate to the non-availability of suitable (high-capacity, low-cost and low-weight) batteries.