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A truly brilliant plan. If you aren't rich you don't get to drive. here comes the bad old days back again.
This ban with go into affect by 2050 , and only for Petrol cars.... Europe is ahead of us on alot things , there Petrol mileage is alot better and they more lighter car options. This won't really change anything. Petrol is already expensive over there , hench why there roads and highways are 2x better then ours.... I don't understand why this brothers people so much , if you knew anything about Europe you would know this isn't going to be that big an issue.
This ban with go into affect by 2050 , and only for Petrol cars.... Europe is ahead of us on alot things , there Petrol mileage is alot better and they more lighter car options. This won't really change anything. Petrol is already expensive over there , hench why there roads and highways are 2x better then ours.... I don't understand why this brothers people so much , if you knew anything about Europe you would know this isn't going to be that big an issue.
OK diesel sales are 85% of the market of there currently so...
When something is "proposed" for 40 years in the future... that's a good sign that it isn't a serious or actual proposal. And that it probably shouldn't be taken so seriously. By anyone.
Yeah, I read that. I'm actually embarrased for them. No petro or diesel allowed. Now, if they stop using nuclear plants to generate electricity, as Germany is considering, how will they power the EV's, subways, etc...?
Limiting the ability of people to move about freely is the ultimate loss of liberty.
There is no liberty if you’re a slave to a tradition. Can’t speak for you but I don’t feel liberated when stuck in traffic, watching tail lamps in front of me. And in four decades from now, things aren’t going to get better. The population will double. And it makes for a greater challenge to countries that have land at a premium.
As for Germany, its energy policy is about pushing for renewable energy sources. As of now, 16% of Germany’s electricity is generated using such sources and projected to 80% by 2050. The main drivers are solar, bio-gas and wind, along with hydro and other methods.
Such policies are also, perhaps, the reason why Germany manages to stay out of policy making in "oil producing" nations.
On a summer Friday night, about 10 p.m., I was standing near the corner of Boulevard Saint-Michel at the Quai, across from the river, listening to african drummers entertaining the night.
Suddenly a burst of whistles, shouts of clear the streets and more whistles, I turned to look. From the south I could see a crowd... a large throng of people streaming over the crest of the boulevard near Saint Germain, coming towards the river. As the crowd reached the area of the Place Saint-Michel I could see they were all on roller blades, still more steaming over the crest, across the Quai on to Pont Saint-Michel continuing to their destination.
Not a moving auto in sight.
Even more memorable, a Sunday morning leaving club Le Queen at 5:30 a.m., I walked from the Champs Elysee to Boulevard Saint-Michel. Hardly a car in movement on any street, the sun breaking over the horizon. Every few blocks I could catch a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower. The silence was outstanding. At that moment, at that time, the streets of Paris were mine.
But I don't think a ban on autos is going to happen.
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