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New Combustion-Powered Cars Could be Banned in Ireland by 2030

posted by janrinok on Friday January 03 2020, @09:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the hope-the-price-falls-by-then dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

To spur the adoption of electric vehicles and ultimately help clean up the environment, Ireland may ban the sale of purely internal-combustion-powered cars. This prohibition could take effect by 2030.

According to RTE, Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster, the new law is expected to be published early next year [meaning 2020]. It will be bundled into Climate Action Amendment Bill 2019, which will probably be further tinkered with by a range of government departments.

Over the next decade, leaders of Ireland want at least one-third of its vehicle fleet to be electrically operated. Furthermore, by the year 2050, the government is aiming to make the nation carbon-neutral, an impressive and ambitious goal. Naturally, the transportation sector is responsible for a large amount of pollution. In 2018, it reportedly accounted for more than 20 percent of Ireland's emissions, so any reductions here can make a big difference.

If all goes according to plan, some 936,000 electrified vehicles will be on Ireland's roads by 2030. Making things a little easier, this total includes both pure EVs as well as hybrids.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by mcgrew on Friday January 03 2020, @12:32PM (10 children)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Friday January 03 2020, @12:32PM (#939033) Homepage Journal

    Sometimes science reality comes before the fiction is finished. I'm working on a story right now called Red Barchetta, and one of the elements of that story is all the cars are electric, fossil fuels are illegal, and any burning needs an expensive government permit.

    It's about someone whose uncle gives him a 2001 Ferrari Barchetta that's well over a century old.

    Isaac Asimov wrote a story named Sally about an antique self-driving car. It's set in the year 2020. Then there's Blade Runner...

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  • (Score: 2) by Unixnut on Friday January 03 2020, @02:03PM (6 children)

    by Unixnut (5779) on Friday January 03 2020, @02:03PM (#939052)

    > 2001 Ferrari Barchetta

    Now that is my dream car! Good taste! Alas already they are more than a quarter million pounds. Far outside my affordability, and not getting any cheaper :-(

      Good luck with the story!

    • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday January 03 2020, @08:53PM (4 children)

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Friday January 03 2020, @08:53PM (#939219)

      mcgrew is writing a story based on a Rush song.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by webnut77 on Saturday January 04 2020, @02:00AM

      by webnut77 (5994) on Saturday January 04 2020, @02:00AM (#939327)

      Alas already they are more than a quarter million pounds.

      Wow, 125 tons. I'll bet that takes a lot of road to bring it to a stop.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 03 2020, @05:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 03 2020, @05:43PM (#939143)

    Wow you must have so much insight. Like WOW!

  • (Score: 2) by bart9h on Sunday January 19 2020, @02:03PM (1 child)

    by bart9h (767) on Sunday January 19 2020, @02:03PM (#945279)

    You mean the Rush song Red Barchetta [wikipedia.org]?