Yes it’s nonsense, as is the whole drive to EVs on the basis that somehow it’s “Good for the Planet”. Worth remembering that this is very much a Europe and China thing. The rest of the world not so much.
I think what would help the planet is to keep the current cars we have for as long as possible and not scrapping them for new ones (via scrapage scheme’s) as the footprint of a new car is huge, we should be sticking with the ones already made. That’s not good for the car maker’s profits though. Less sales and bigger profits is better for them, also.
Except an old and inefficient engine will be absolutely awful for the planet and local air. To a point, though, I have to agree. There’s little sense scrapping a 3 year old petrol for an EV, it’s hard to justify at 8 or 9 years old but by the time you get to 15 and the engine is getting a bit ‘Trigger’s broom’ and somewhat inefficient, the justification is much, much easier.
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