Dutch Government Confirms Plan To Ban New Petrol, Diesel Cars By 2030 (electrek.co)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Today, the new Dutch government presented its detailed plan for the coming years and it includes making all new cars emission-free by 2030 -- virtually banning petrol- and diesel-powered cars in favor of battery-powered vehicles. The four coalition parties have been negotiating their plans since the election in March and now after over 200 days, they have finally released the plan they agreed upon. NL Times posted all the main points of the plan and in "transportation," it includes: By 2030 all cars in the Netherlands must be emission free. While some local publications are reporting "all cars," we are told that it would be for "all new cars" as it is the case for the countries with similar bans under consideration. The potential for the ban has been under consideration in the country since last year. The year 2025, like in Norway, has been mentioned, but they apparently decided for the less ambitious goal of 2030.

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Re:What happens

[Anonymous Coward]

If I could buy a coal-fired car, I WOULD, just to piss off all the POMPOUS ASSHOLES in these electric car threads, that don't even own electric cars.

I'd gladly shovel that coal into the boiler myself with a ginormous shit eating grin on my face.

Re:What happens

[HornWumpus]

People have retrofit old carbureted cars to run on syngas driven by very rich burning wood fires. Very dirty and doable, so get off your ass.

You will have to figure out a way to routinely clean the intake and exhaust. Mostly intake. Keep it simple, you might be weekly soaking engine parts to keep it running.

The look on the pius drivers faces will make it worth it. When you jump out of the car at a red to feed the fire. Better still, hire a child to ride in the back as a stoker.