Many of us will be pushing daisies by 2035... and most of our bikes by then will be either museum displays or have been recycled to Armco railing and joghurt cups.
Conservative governments again bending the knee to Big Corp, instead of embracing progress and competing with other global players. I already hear the moaning, "only Chinese/Asian cars/bikes left on the market..." These buggers have no regard for health, safety, environment or the workforce at large, as long as their bank statements remain on a rise. Despite still offering a wide IC model range, Ford is shuttering one plant after another in Germany and Belgium, partnering with Renault to produce EVs in France. One auto-industry supplier after another is already filing for bankruptcy in Germany, once the european manufacturers are completely overtaken by the Asians they may as well all switch off their lights.
Of course I'm a little happy that fuel supply will be lengthened, but nowhere was it discussed that fossil fuels would no longer be available after 2035. Don't really understand the panic surrounding that. Only definite statement was that no new IC engines could be put into service after 2035. The auto industry can and will adapt, some jobs will fall by the wayside, but others will appear and take their places. Tyre/rubber industry is already ROFL, with so much EV torque and power to hand, tyre consumption will sky-rocket. Car sales have recuperated from the pandemic times, sales are rising in many parts of Europe. Except for Tesla maybe, their sales have seriously tanked... the Muskrat fully deserves that. Pity Norway isn't playing along, they're the only ones keeping him alive in Europe.
Seems populism is mainly panic creation. This was the main cause of the fall of the previous coalition government in Germay. Mr.Habeck/Greens announced that old, out-dated heating systems needed to be replaced... when in need of repairs, ie, old systems should no longer be repaired after a certain date. Extensive government grants were put aside to help where needed. But the papers and news were full of "Habeck wants to take our heaters, we're all going to freeze this winter!!" Another case of "too long, too lazy to read". Heating suppliers that took full advantage of the panic wave had reason to rejoice though. The then-opposition leader Merz (along with all the right-wingers) flamed Habeck and green politics every occasion he could. Now that Merz is at the helm as chancellor, one after another of Habecks' suggestions suddenly seem to be quite reasonable, simply because there are no viable alternatives. Stupid short-sighted fuckers.
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