Pegguins t1_iu3mfke wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:06 AM

Reply to comment by Behe464 in EU approves effective ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035 by Wagamaga

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.

Tedstor t1_iu43d4u wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:24 PM

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.

EnemyOfEloquence t1_iu47ter wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:02 PM

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

Bensemus t1_iu6re8q wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:51 PM

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.

EnemyOfEloquence t1_iu6triz wrote on October 29, 2022 at 12:10 AM

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

Atilim87 t1_iu3oduv wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:34 AM

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.

Daedelous2k t1_iu3prg1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:53 AM

Scotland is banning certain cars from entering big cities soon.