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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.

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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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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:01PM

    by Bot (3902) on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:01PM (#825736) Journal

    The EV is conceptually a hybrid between an ICE car and a smartphone.
    Therefore, the tactics used to sell it will resemble both cars and smartphones.
    So, as a citizen I would be more concerned about making sure cars are repairable and components are standardized, so to let the market open to small producers and tinkerers. This in turn would yield enormous benefits for the environments.
    ICE based vehicles are too deep into the rabbit hole unfortunately.

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