{"id":249850,"date":"2023-03-27T10:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249850"},"modified":"2023-03-27T10:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:39:51","slug":"eu-abandons-ban-of-combustion-engine-cars-britain-needs-to-follow-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249850","title":{"rendered":"EU abandons ban of combustion engine cars \u2013 Britain needs to follow suit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Net Zero Watch has welcomed yesterday\u2019s EU agreement not to ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines (ICE) after 2035.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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According to the agreement conventional cars can continue to be sold and registered after 2035 if they only use fuels that are CO2-neutral. This will allow car makers to continue producing and selling conventional models indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Net Zero Watch is calling on Rishi Sunak to follow suit and abandon its 2030 ban of the sale of ICE cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that the European ban of the sale of combustion engine cars has been overturned, the government will come under growing pressure to follow suit if it wants to avoid destroying the British car industry for good,\u201d said Dr Benny Peiser, director of Net Zero Watch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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-fuelled ICE cars beyond 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the EU has come to what appears to be a sensible decision to allow the sale and use of conventional cars that are fulled by synthetic and other CO2-neutral fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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