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Amsterdam to Ban All Diesel and Petrol Cars and Motorbikes by 2030

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 07 2019, @11:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the full-of-electric-eels dept.

inertnet writes:

Amsterdam's head of transport has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars in the city by 2030.

The clean air action plan aims to make the Dutch capital a "world leader in emission-free transport".

Transport chief Sharon Dijksma said residents "live a year less on average due to dirty air" and that the plan should "prolong the health of the average Amsterdammer by three months."

But the plan has already incited strong reactions in the Netherlands with one motoring organisation branding it "bizarre" and wondering how normal people would afford electric cars.

The plan, which would be applied 20 years before the Paris Agreement aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions, would require up to 23,000 electric charging points by 2025. The city currently has 3,000.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:14PM (#840432)

    liberal public seems to have this misconception that if you drive an electric car you no longer produce CO2

    But if you can't see it, it didn't happen. When production moved to third-world countries, children were made to work, and many died but since that is so far away you can't see it therefore it didn't happen.

    Also, cheap oil being drilled in far away places and the poor oil-rich countries invaded to take their oil; but since it is far away and no one saw it, it didn't happen.

    If you were to see how chickens are raised to be killed (and to lay eggs) you would stop consuming poultry. Same for beef. But those making money know these things and have adjusted their businesses to keep it all hidden.