{"id":269430,"date":"2023-07-25T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269430"},"modified":"2023-07-25T18:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:38:03","slug":"tories-net-zero-flip-flopping-is-unsustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269430","title":{"rendered":"Tories\u2019 Net Zero flip-flopping is\u00a0unsustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Net Zero Watch has criticised Michael Gove for his dogmatic support of the UK\u2019s 2030 ban on sales of new combustion engine cars.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sensing a shift in public opinion, the housing secretary on Sunday called for the relaxation of Net Zero policies and warned against treating green issues as a \u2018religious crusade.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in response to heavy flak by green activists, Gove appears to have\u00a0caved in, calling the government\u2019s 2030 ban of selling new combustion engine cars an \u201cimmovable\u201d deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of flip-flopping appears to be in direct conflict with the Prime Minister, who yesterday cast doubt on the 2030 target\u00a0by insisting the government\u2019s Net Zero pledges must be \u201cproportionate and pragmatic\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Gove\u2019s car-banning dogmatism, however, is neither proportionate nor pragmatic, not least because the UK\u00a0is the only nation to adopt such a radical target. In comparison, the EU has abandoned its\u00a0similar plan altogether, allowing conventional cars\u00a0to be sold and registered after 2035 if they use fuels that are CO2-neutral. This will allow car makers to continue producing and selling conventional models.<\/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. EVs have other major disadvantages, particularly in rural areas. It is likely that electric cars will still be more expensive than conventional cars in seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the European ban has been overturned, the government will come under growing pressure to follow suit if it wants to avoid a driver rebellion and destroying the British car industry for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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