Here's a topic that most can contribute towards without hopefully getting embroiled in petty political debate.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40723581
Ambitious? Stupid? Wrong? Better options? etc etc
I'll start by saying that I foresee a market for internal combustion engined vehicles far beyond 2040 even if they are not new, assuming that there is fuel to power them and they are not taxed out of reach of the common man (or woman).
Also electrically powered vehicles have still got a long long way to go before they will convince said common man that they are a viable option for his personal transport.
And if a quick win is needed we should be looking at all those smoky old commercial vehicles out there and getting them off the road asap. It can't be too difficult to devise a stringent annual emissions test that achieves that objective.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40723581
Ambitious? Stupid? Wrong? Better options? etc etc
I'll start by saying that I foresee a market for internal combustion engined vehicles far beyond 2040 even if they are not new, assuming that there is fuel to power them and they are not taxed out of reach of the common man (or woman).
Also electrically powered vehicles have still got a long long way to go before they will convince said common man that they are a viable option for his personal transport.
And if a quick win is needed we should be looking at all those smoky old commercial vehicles out there and getting them off the road asap. It can't be too difficult to devise a stringent annual emissions test that achieves that objective.