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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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Australian Plan to Ban Petrol and Diesel Cars
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @06:52AM (5 children)
The biggest reason to move away from oil is geopolitical and that is the major reason why governments all over the world are interested in getting rid of it way more than so many other things that affect the environment and people way more and are still way more easily achievable. In fact, I will say it has taken a long time for governments to wake up to this now that Islamic "problem" has reached their own doors.
PS: I say problem and not terrorism, and problem means "in view of the government everything that makes it do something".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @10:14AM (3 children)
So why don't they sell this as geopolitical rather than environmental? It would probably have more support. Is it just the general practice to never tell the truth about anything?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:10PM (2 children)
No matter how they "sell" it, those whose fortunes are tied to oil and energy concerns do not want to spend a penny to "buy" it.
A major factor for leaving oil behind is geopolitical, but the primary reason for resisting it is financial.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @04:01PM (1 child)
I meant members of the general public.
I could care less about their fake CO2 theory/scam, but do care about getting the US out of the middle east and endless wars.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @06:21PM
I think many - perhaps a majority? - of the residents of the US are in favor of using EV, renewable energy, etc. But we don't write the laws, the lobbyists who make large contributions do.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:00PM
Not really. For all the whining, the OPEC countries and Russia just aren't that bad. And there's no reason other than withholding oil revenue from that particular list to rationalize any geopolitical motive.