On 26/07/2017 10:34, dennis@home wrote:
On 26/07/2017 09:46, Nightjar wrote:
On 26-Jul-17 9:38 AM, Ash Burton wrote:
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It only applies to new vehicles produced after 2040, there will still
be a lot of petrol/diesel engined cars on the road for many years
after that.

I predict a big boost in sales of new petrol and diesel cars in 2039 :-)


You would buy a car when the fuel will become harder to find?
As cars get scraped the garages will close due to lack of fuel sales and
anyone buying the last of the fuel driven cars will end up with no fuel
or expensive fuel long before the vehicle has worn out.

Maybe you will be able to synthesis it from gas and electricity by then?

They're not planning on banning even new petrol or diesel cars in 2040.
They are only planning to ban new purely petrol or diesel ones, hybrids
will still be permitted, so they'll still be requiring fuel.

Unless electric vehicle technology (and the grid) come on massively or
maybe the Hydrogen economy takes off, large numbers of petrol stations
will still be required and fuel will still be available for older,
purely petrol or diesel cars - assuming they've not been totally banned
from many places.

SteveW