MEPs of the European Parliament have approved measures supporting a ban on the sale of oil and diesel vehicles by 2035, as the bloc is doubling down on its green agenda.
Meeting in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday, lawmakers passed a proposal that would require automakers to reduce their carbon emissions by 100% by 2035, effectively banning future sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles in 27 member states.
The law also bans the sale of still gas-powered hybrid cars, following a move from the centre-right European People’s Party to protect them. Euractiv reported that the EPP also made no changes to account for the total carbon emissions associated with automobile production.
In accepting the vote, Pascal Canfin, Chairman of the EU Environment Committee, wrote: “This position of the European Parliament is a significant achievement and is in line with our goal of climate neutrality.”
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association estimates that only 18% of vehicles used in the EU last year are now electric or hybrid; This means that Europeans will need to change their driving habits over the next decade to comply with left-wing legislators.
Agnes Evren, a French MP from the European People’s Party, said the move would “condemn industrial activity and severely punish consumers”.
Evren argued that the law would prevent alternatives to electric vehicles, such as high-performance hybrid and biofueled vehicles, from entering the market, despite their potential to be more climatic than electric vehicles. gas. .for start.
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In fact, many criticize the effectiveness of electric vehicles in reducing carbon emissions, which require large amounts of energy to produce, including extracting rare earth minerals for their batteries.
Director of the Copenhagen Center for Reconciliation and author skeptical ecologist, Bjorn Lomborg has previously argued that although electric vehicles have been “branded as environmentally friendly”, the reality is that “generating the electricity they need almost always involves burning fossil fuels.”
The vast amount of energy required to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles means they only begin to “reduce emissions after driving 60,000 kilometers,” said the former director of the Danish government’s Environmental Assessment Institute.
Despite the cost and limitations of electric vehicles, they have been the subject of debate among globalist politicians in the West. In 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced as part of the Build Back Better programme, that he would seek a similar ban on internal combustion engines by 2030, with £2.8 billion in taxpayer money aimed at subsidizing the UK’s electric vehicle production.
That same year, the left-wing Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is selling gas-powered vehicles to the state by 2025.
In the midst of a growing fuel crisis in the US following a series of anti-fossil fuel measures introduced by President Joe Biden and supply chain shocks due to lockdown policies and war in Ukraine, the aging Democratic president has urged Americans to switch to electric vehicles to avoid highs. . Gasoline prices at the gas station.
Widespread use of electric vehicles is still limited by the long waiting list for popular options like Tesla, the limited battery range, the lack of charging stations and the expensive cost for many ordinary people.
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