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I have significant concerns about this too, actually. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 21/03/2024 03:00:12 AM

Unlike you, I (probably unsurprisingly) have no issue with the government banning the production and sale of certain goods. I think the massive pollution caused by cars is more than enough to justify all sorts of intervention, including the requirement that they all CBE cars be replaced by EV ones.

But you have to factor in the environmental cost of producing EVs, the cost of setting up the infrastructure for them, the social cost of elevated car prices on the poor... there's a lot to consider, and 2032 seems very close.

Now, if you show me a spreadsheet that proves it's a significant net gain for the environment and isn't an overt burden on people beyond their sense of liberty to purchase gasoline engines, I'm all for it. But until then, I'm cautious.

And above all else, I am really, really confused about the decision to push this in an election year. This will become "Biden wants to take away your cars" just as easily as walkable cities became "the government will shoot you if you walk more than fifteen minutes away from your home." More easily, even. This one has some truth to it.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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