On 27/07/2017 19:20, Steve Walker wrote:
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.

Possibly petrol but I doubt anyone will be making a diesel hybrid by
then, not unless they clean them up.


Unless electric vehicle technology (and the grid) come on massively or
maybe the Hydrogen economy takes off,

The hydrogen economy is a joke.