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China, the world's biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans.
The country's vice minister of industry said it had started "relevant research" but that it had not yet decided when the ban would come into force. "Those measures will certainly bring profound changes for our car industry's development," Xin Guobin told Xinhua, China's official news agency China made 28 million cars last year, almost a third of the global total.
Both the UK and France have already announced plans to ban new diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040, as part of efforts to reduce pollution and carbon emissions.
Chinese-owned carmaker Volvo said in July that all its new car models would have an electric motor from 2019.
Previously: France to Ban Petrol and Diesel Vehicles by 2040
France Plans to End Oil and Gas Production by 2040
(Score: 1, Insightful) by crafoo on Monday September 11 2017, @04:20PM (12 children)
Ohh, OK. So we have some promises of hypothetical bans of diesel and gas cars 20+ years from now. Depending on how things work out and after we study the implications, and you know, whatever. But this is Serious Guys! We Totally Mean It! Super Serious!
Yeah. Whatever. Show us a fucking plan on infrastructure. Show us numbers. Show us that this is anything more than grandstanding by blowhards.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @04:29PM
Do you read news?
(Score: 3, Informative) by bob_super on Monday September 11 2017, @04:32PM (9 children)
> Show us a fucking plan on infrastructure.
Are you trying to argue that China isn't building infrastructure?
I sure hope you're not American.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @04:39PM (3 children)
Apart from cities, trains, solar panels, islands and aircraft carriers, tell me ONE THING that China is doing to build infrastructure!?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @04:48PM
They are building a Great Firewall 2.0.
(Score: 3, Informative) by bob_super on Monday September 11 2017, @05:14PM
Dams, nukes and wind turbines, to power all of the above, and the new electric cars, cleanly.
That's THREE! Got you!
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday September 12 2017, @11:05AM
Don't forget the electron-positron collider (bigger and better than LEP, CERN's effort)
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday September 11 2017, @04:46PM (4 children)
No, he's saying "China's billions of dollars of investment in this area won't immediately fix the climate and give all humans on earth ponies. Therefore, us doing nothing is totally fine."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @04:56PM (3 children)
Perhaps we should just write a blank check to a carbon exchange group so that the Church of SCIENCE! may protect us. In Gores name we pray, amen.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @05:20PM
Sure carbon exchange is stupid, sure tons of corporations are using "green" to upsell bullshit. One of the craziest ones I saw was paying an extra $6/day for a rental car for C02 credits or something. Such bullshit.
That said, some asshole scammers are taking advantage of a trend do not invalidate the concept of reducing humanity's impact on the planet. Sorry that science has caused so many problems for all ye faithful, but can you please keep your "pastors" from branching out beyond religion? We don't need them trying to get their slimy finger into the realm of logic and reason.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday September 11 2017, @06:01PM (1 child)
Better yet, we could ban gas and diesel cars.
It's a pretty sad state of affairs when the US has to catch up with CHINA.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @11:51PM
USA is 236 years old. China is 3600 years old.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2017, @05:16PM
Show us some reason to listen to blowhard naysayers!! We need hard data to to explain why you think positive change for humanity is really just a massive conspiracy to... umm... DO STUFF! Yeah, the stuff with the things, and the profits from oils and electrons!!