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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: 4, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Sunday April 07 2019, @04:07AM (5 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Sunday April 07 2019, @04:07AM (#825636)

    shows that the government is serious about reducing the dependency Australia has on oil and reducing greenhouse emissions.

    Because batteries have no environmental footprint. Everyone knows they just poof in to existence somewhere in China by unicorn magic, cleanly poof out of existence when they are used up, and there are infinity more where those came from. Right?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday April 07 2019, @05:42AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 07 2019, @05:42AM (#825666) Journal

    Because batteries have no environmental footprint.

    That footprint can be less than on-going reliance on oil.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @10:07AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @10:07AM (#825710)

      Results can be even less healthy in your lifetime.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday April 07 2019, @10:55AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 07 2019, @10:55AM (#825718) Journal

        Want ongoing reliance on China instead?

        Say... what [statista.com]?
        The second largest deposit is virtually at my doorstep.

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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:18PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:18PM (#825741)

          It's too bad Venezuela doesn't have large deposits of lithium. If they did they could mismanage them like they do their oil reserves.

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday April 07 2019, @02:15PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Sunday April 07 2019, @02:15PM (#825781) Homepage Journal

    I don't think so. I don't think so. Look at where the Colbalt comes from. Amnesty International -- very UNETHICAL!!!!