Are EVs really the answer in the future? I do not think so.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by SCP440

What annoys me is the poor motorist is blamed for all this but there are 2800 passenger airline in the air at one time https://www.flightradar24.com/51.28,-0.29/2 zoom out to see the whole world, shocking isn't it.

Thousands upon thousands of gallons of fuel is being burnt by these in the upper atmosphere and I don't see that being criticised or controlled. I am sure I read somewhere that these aircraft between them are using 10,000 gallons of fuel per minute.

That with all the ships carrying passengers and cargo all burning huge amounts of diesel with no catalysts or DPF.

If we are going to do something if in dead we need too the whole planet needs to take part, not just a little island off the coast of Europe because as far as I am aware we all breath the same air.

There's negotiations going on right now about a European wide pollution tax on all European flights' https://www.transportenvironment.org...n-sceptical-eu



Regarding shipping, the IMO (International Maritime Organization) has banned heavy sulphur rich bunker oil since 1/1/2020 https://shipandbunker.com/news/world...l-carriage-ban


I've been reading about FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) They've thrown the towel in regards trying to get their fleet emissions down to the new stricter emission limit of 95g/km which came in at the start of the year and agreed a deal with Tesla for $2billion emission credits.


They've agreed to start paying Tesla $150million every quarter for the next three years
Basically they've got a free Gigafactory 4 in Berlin because of European regulations