[arista]

Ref :GMBHD itv and LBC Global Radio




Thats fine as by then those Old Folks with those Dirty cars
with be DEAD>>>>>>>


If in 2040 you dare to drive a Dirty car
we will Lock you UP
in a G4S Super Prison in the Republic Of Scotland


Africa will buy alot of them
NOW , today.




Life In the Fast Lane

[Kizzy]

Good, suits me

[reece(:]

oop this news could benefit my dissertation.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Good, suits me

Yes 20 years to sell your car to Africa


Plenty of time
dear.

[arista]

Originally Posted by reece(:

oop this news could benefit my dissertation.

for a university degree or diploma.


how nice

http://news.sky.com/story/petrol-and...-2040-10962075

[Underscore]

Too little too late

[arista]

Originally Posted by Underscore

Too little too late

U.S. 949
it is Better than Nothing!




Life In The Fast Lane

[Toy Soldier]

It's diesel AND petrol they're talking about Arista. A full switch away from fossil fuels. And they're not talking about banning them from 2040... It would just be that no new petrol or diesel vehicles would be manufactured past that date. Probably very few on the road by 2060. Think I'll be on my way out by then, anyway .

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's diesel AND petrol they're talking about Arista. A full switch away from fossil fuels. And they're not talking about banning them from 2040... It would just be that no new petrol or diesel vehicles would be manufactured past that date. Probably very few on the road by 2060. Think I'll be on my way out by then, anyway .

TS
Hybrid cars are ok
and the Toyota that self charges when use
the petrol etc.


Your Up there in the Ghettos
by then no longer part of GB
Your Republic will have its Own rules
ok
Prof. Ward Worker TS

[smudgie]

Ah, when I'm dead and gone.

[arista]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Ah, when I'm dead and gone.

I hope NOT

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by arista

I hope NOT

Aww bless you Arista.
I am not long for the top as they say in these parts.
No way will I see 2020. Hubby needs a break anyway

[Toy Soldier]

My wife's grandad claims every year that he "won't see next Christmas", been doing it since before I knew her! A woman I work with's husband has also "had 3 to 6 months to live" (doctor's prognosis) for the last 8 years . So, you never know!

[T*]

Gives huge room for innovation now for electric cars etc, maybe we'll actually see flying cars in the future.

[Livia]

Fortunately, our old combustion engines won't go to waste... There will be plenty of countries in Asia, Africa, South America who will have neither the economy nor the inclination to cut emissions who'll probably buy them all up. It's a good thing, but we're such a small country I fail to see how this is going to help.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Livia

Fortunately, our old combustion engines won't go to waste... There will be plenty of countries in Asia, Africa, South America who will have neither the economy nor the inclination to cut emissions who'll probably buy them all up. It's a good thing, but we're such a small country I fail to see how this is going to help.

I suppose it'll directly help the inner-cities with cleaner air but, as you say, on a global level there are still going to be more and more combustion engine vehicles year-on-year for the foreseeable future, not to mention air travel, so it'll make very little difference to overall air pollution .

Also, modern cars already run much cleaner anyway... one dirty old van is pumping out ten times or more pollution than a 2017 car using any fuel type. The sensible thing to do would be to start there, with all the old vans / trucks / lorries / buses... get rid of those and our cities will be much cleaner. Betty's 3-door diesel hatchback really isn't doing much.

[arista]

Originally Posted by T*

Gives huge room for innovation now for electric cars etc, maybe we'll actually see flying cars in the future.

Yes Flying Cars are being
tested in USA
right now
but you do not want old folks
buying one


Life In The Fast Lane

[Kizzy]

And what do firstbus, TFL, arriva and uber think of this?.....Nothing, because they know it's just some random made up bollocks.

[Oliver_W]

Hm. As of now the only running costs for Bulbasaur (my Nissan Leaf) is insurance, as you don't pay road tax on electric cars, and I charge her for free at a charging point. If all cars are electric, I doubt that'd stay the same, so I'll say no thanks. Environmentally speaking, there's little point in taking steps like that anyway, unless China and India cut down their pollution.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Hm. As of now the only running costs for Bulbasaur (my Nissan Leaf) is insurance, as you don't pay road tax on electric cars, and I charge her for free at a charging point. If all cars are electric, I doubt that'd stay the same, so I'll say no thanks. Environmentally speaking, there's little point in taking steps like that anyway, unless China and India cut down their pollution.

It would be impossible for it to be free, and also, I'm not sure how they plan to address the fact that the UK grid doesn't produce anywhere near enough electricity to be charging over 30 million electric vehicles .

There's no such thing as a 100% clean car, until we are running the country on 100% renewable energy. If a car is plugged into the electricity grid to charge, then it is running on electricity generated by fossil fuels / nuclear energy 85% of the time, because that's where 85% of our electricity comes from.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Orkney has the highest number of electric cars you know

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Orkney has the highest number of electric cars you know

It's mostly seabirds out there, right? They don't have thumbs so would need a car you just have to steer.

[smudgie]

Waiting for someone to discover how we can use sea water as fuel...just imagine.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Livia

It's mostly seabirds out there, right? They don't have thumbs so would need a car you just have to steer.

most people have wind turbines and solar panels so the electricity is free and as distances are short its the perfect combo

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It would be impossible for it to be free, and also, I'm not sure how they plan to address the fact that the UK grid doesn't produce anywhere near enough electricity to be charging over 30 million electric vehicles .

There's no such thing as a 100% clean car, until we are running the country on 100% renewable energy. If a car is plugged into the electricity grid to charge, then it is running on electricity generated by fossil fuels / nuclear energy 85% of the time, because that's where 85% of our electricity comes from.

I don't like the use the term "virtue signalling" but that's what this policy sounds like. By the time 2040 rolls around, there could be any number of reasons this won't either able to or be needed to be enacted.