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27-01-2018, 10:34 PM
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Sales of petrol and diesel cars to be banned from 2040

This has been in the news recently. If I read it correctly, in 22 years the government will have three choices:

1. To postpone or rescind their decision.
2. Have a crash building programme of nuclear power stations now.
3. Advise people to invest in horses.

My guess is that no. 1 will be the most likely to happen.
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27-01-2018, 10:36 PM
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I doubt I ( or my diesel car) will be around by then .
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27-01-2018, 10:36 PM
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Re: Sales of petrol and diesel cars to be banned from 2040

Originally Posted by Muddy ->
I doubt I ( or my diesel car) will be around by then .
Me too, but it would be interesting to see what they decide to do!
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28-01-2018, 04:55 AM
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Re: Sales of petrol and diesel cars to be banned from 2040

Hi

Diesel is only an issue in Urban areas, it is not an issue elsewhere.

This will be a mammoth undertaking putting charging points in rural areas.

In Urban Areas, many just have on street parking, where are they going to recharge?
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28-01-2018, 06:51 AM
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Re: Sales of petrol and diesel cars to be banned from 2040

Will there be any petrol or diesel left in 2040? At the terrifying rate the world consumes the stuff now I would very much doubt it....
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28-01-2018, 09:20 AM
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I aint gonna worry to much,i wont be around,if they stopped selling diesel tomorrow I would be worried
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28-01-2018, 10:31 AM
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If it takes about 20 minutes to charge each vehicle imagine the wait in the motorway sevice station.
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28-01-2018, 11:45 AM
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fake news as Trump would say
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28-01-2018, 12:18 PM
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Re: Sales of petrol and diesel cars to be banned from 2040

Originally Posted by Barry ->
Will there be any petrol or diesel left in 2040? At the terrifying rate the world consumes the stuff now I would very much doubt it....
Good point.

Every cloud has a silver lining. We'll be able to pull out of the middle east and leave them to go back to killing each other in the desert!
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28-01-2018, 01:11 PM
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More political posturing. Who came up with this piffle exactly?

Angela Merkel stole the greens election platform from under them the first time she was elected by saying she would get rid of nuclear power stations and reduce carbon emissions. Her party has already given up on the carbon emissions having reduced them by zero. (in some areas of Germany they're worse since she was elected.

Maybe this is a plan by May to be seen to be green and caring.
 
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