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Playingpokerwithgod t1_iu3ldjr wrote

I'm fine with this as long as they don't go after classic cars. I'll be damned if they come for my 69 Camaro.

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Behe464 t1_iu3lyvy wrote

You just won't be able to buy new fosil fuel cars, thats it. Banning already bought cars would cause serious issues. Even 12 years from now, unless they plan to give them away for free.

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Pegguins t1_iu3mfke wrote

Not sure about Europe but a while back in the UK there was a huge scheme where the government would give you a lot of money towards a newer car to get some really polluting hunks off the roads. Could do something like that I suppose.

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Tedstor t1_iu43d4u wrote

The US had a ‘cash for clunkers’ program too. It was mostly to prop up the auto industry during the Great Recession, but also to get jalopies off the road too.

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EnemyOfEloquence t1_iu47ter wrote

Nothing saves the environment like throwing sand into millions of perfectly usable cars engines that were already built.

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Bensemus t1_iu6re8q wrote

If you are switching to an EV it is better for the environment. While you are losing the pollution that went into making the car and you need to make the EV it’s still greener. This is because the vast majority of an ICE car’s pollution comes from using it. Basically only hybrids are efficient enough to bother keeping.

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EnemyOfEloquence t1_iu6triz wrote

I'm not switching. I'm talking about making a car that exists, run longer/indefinitely.

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Atilim87 t1_iu3oduv wrote

Netherlands (some cities) did the same thing with old diesel cars (pre 2000 cars).

But those old diesel cars were banned from entering the cities, however the cars in questions are so old that the compensation was worth more than the car itself often.

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Daedelous2k t1_iu3prg1 wrote

Scotland is banning certain cars from entering big cities soon.

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Professional_Drop555 t1_iu6pl5f wrote

It's usually with smaller cars, but there is a whole "hobbyist" platform out there were folks replace combustion engines with Eletric.

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atchijov t1_iu8epl3 wrote

No. But at some point you may have issues with purchasing gas. Once demand drops, most of gas stations will switch to electric only.

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Darkswords4 t1_iu43wtq wrote

I know it's sentimental so don't take this as anything but an impersonal remark but all those old cars need to go imo. I know it's a huge change but even making this ban take place in 13 years seems like way too much waiting, way too much thumb twiddling, and way too much opportunity for reversal only to then still have a gas car market for the next ten years.

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Thisbymaster t1_iu4rz87 wrote

Why? You can replace the guts with electric with no issue and if you want the sound you can just put a speaker in it. Why should pollution spreading machines be allowed on the road when the whole point is they need to be removed?

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