Net Zero Watch welcomed yesterday’s EU agreement not to ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines (ICE) after 2035.
Net Zero Watch is calling on Rishi Sunak to follow suit and abandon its 2030 ban on the sale of ICE cars.
According to the agreement conventional cars can continue to be sold and registered after 2035 if they only use fuels that are CO2-neutral. [emphasis, links added]
This will allow carmakers to continue producing and selling conventional models indefinitely.
“Now that the European ban on the sale of combustion engine cars has been overturned, the [UK] government will come under growing pressure to follow suit if it wants to avoid destroying the British car industry for good,” said Dr. Benny Peiser, director of Net Zero Watch.
The EU agreed in February to set the 2035 date for ending the sale of ICE cars, but Germany and a coalition of seven EU countries lodged last-minute objections and called for the use of e-fueled ICE cars beyond 2035.
As a result, the EU has come to what appears to be a sensible decision to allow the sale and use of conventional cars fueled by synthetic and other CO2-neutral fuels.
For millions of Britons, electric vehicles will not be a viable solution as they are much more expensive than cars with combustion engines.
And electric cars will probably still be more expensive than conventional cars in seven years.
Newsom the Nit-Wit take a a look at some Common Sense in the E.U. and Biden the Bumbler as well