A major Australian motoring body is calling for a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars as early as 2025.The motoring body says Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world in adopting low-emissions vehiclesThe UK and France have already announced plans to phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040
The UK and France have already announced plans to phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, and other countries including Germany and China have indicate they intend to follow a similar path."So if anything, our targets here need to be a bit more aggressive than what we're seeing in other markets," he said.
Are Australia's efforts to curb global warming enough to meet our Paris targets? Four Corners investigates. There are only 7,300 electric cars on Australian roads and according to the industry, they make up about 0.2 per cent of annual new car sales.Transport contributes to about 19 per cent of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions and those emissions have been rising for decades. About half of these emissions come from cars.
In its call to ban petrol vehicles, NRMA obviously only support suburban drivers. Hydrogen is the answer for longer range travel, and can be used in internal combustion and fuel cell vehicles.
. The NRMA is supposed to act on behalf of its motorist members - not lobby govt on behalf of manufacturers. kickbacks CEO Rohan Lund has spoken out of turn - and him and the Board need to stick to their roles or GET OUT! timetovoteoutnrmaboard
. Every person who doesn’t have a stroke because of cleaner air means savings in the health, disability and aged care budget, in addition to reducing asthma, miscarriage, lung cancer, heart disease, cognitive impairment, neuroinflammation, depression. .
Heard it all before, however until the government decides we won't use coal anymore I am keeping my petrol car. NRMA should keep their nose out of it and stick to insurance & road service & make that better & cheaper for their customers.