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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:10PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @12:10PM (#825739)

    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)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @04:01PM (#825817)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @06:21PM (#825873)

      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.