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Australian Plan to Ban Petrol and Diesel Cars

posted by martyb on Sunday April 07 2019, @02:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the Gotta-ban-them-all dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

An Australian Parliamentary committee has recommended that petrol and diesel cars be phased out in favour of electric vehicles in a report. This is not yet law but shows that the government is serious about reducing the dependency Australia has on oil and reducing greenhouse emissions.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:24AM (#825620)

    Banning petrol and diesel is a great way to help the environment and spur development of alternative mobile fuel sources and batteries.

    And, as long as the don't ban gasoline as well, it's all good!

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