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Netherlands Looks To Ban All Non-Electric Cars By 2025 (yahoo.com)

Posted by msmash on from the to-the-fossil-free-future dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Politicians in the Netherlands have proposed a law which could put a ban on sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2025. A majority of the lower house in the Dutch parliament approved a motion where all fossil fuel powered cars -- including hybrids -- would be banned. Yahoo News further reports, 'While it's still unclear whether the proposal will pass and become law, the ambitious plan would involve car manufacturers getting on board to produce enough electric vehicles to meet demand. The latest electric cars have shorter charging times and longer ranges, benefits that emission-free car evangelists hope will help make them appeal to users of traditional petrol and diesel cars." More details on this here.

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  1. Dire consequences by kamapuaa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sounds like Dutch people will have to go to Germany just to buy a new car...

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    1. Re:Dire consequences by hooiberg · · Score: 2, Interesting

      As a Dutchman, this is just a whole thing to direct public outrage from 'We voted no on cooperation with the Ukraine but the government does it anyway' to something else. Or, as a politician said: "our country is a place where respect for minorities is important, so we will go with the minority of the votes." I shit ye not...

  2. They have hoarded incandescent bulbs by Trachman · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When they have banned incandescent bulbs, people were hoarding them. Later regular, old fashion, tungsten bulbs reappeared but were no longer called light bulbs, but rather heating elements.

    We have to assume they will hoard cars.

    And those who want will find a way to circumvent every nonsensical law: there will be a lot of exceptions. Some already pointed out that if Dutch wants to travel to Spain or France, will they be required to rent a car? There is a reason free market works best.

    Had we listened to the horse cart manufacturers 100 years ago, we could have, by law, had 50% of the households to keep a horse. Imagine all the streets covered with the horse manure..

  3. The USA Loophole ... by PPH · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... trucks.

    Here, we used this when they slapped 'luxury taxes' and 'gas guzzler taxes' on full sized sedans and station wagons. Everyone jumped in pickup trucks and SUVs. Once Congress recognized the unintended consequences*, they cancelled the taxes. But nobody switched back.

    *They briefly tried raising the GVW needed to qualify as a truck. Enter the Lincoln Navigator and H2 Hummer. 'We'll raise it even more'. Manufacturers built vehicles based on the Kodiak chassis and similar. We can move up scale faster than Congress can write laws. Someone Photoshopped the next possible step and cooler heads prevailed.

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  4. Re:Wake me when . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Why? Who the fuck cares if you decide you need 600 miles when the plain fact of the matter is you never do drive 600 miles nonstop.

    EVER.

    We'll let you sleep and just trash your guzzler and when you wake up all there will be are electric cars and bikes.

    I bet you wish you'd been woken up earlier then. Pity you demanded to be left snoozing.