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(UK) Rise of SUVs 'makes mockery' of electric car push - confused2 - Dec 9, 2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50713616
Kinda shows how much the UK consumer (car driver) actually thinks (or cares) about anthropic global warming or indeed anyone else apart from themselves.
The "immense" rise in sales of high-emission sports utility vehicles means they now outsell electric cars in the UK by 37 to one, research has found. As a result, overall exhaust emissions from new cars have been increasing, not declining, for the past three years, says the UK Energy Research Centre. SUV sales are jeopardising the UK transport sector's ability to meet EU emissions targets, it said.
Prof Jillian Anable of the UKERC said this made "a mockery" of UK policy.
"Effectively, we have been sleepwalking into the issue," she said.
"The decarbonisation of the passenger car market can no longer rely on a distant target to stop the sales of conventional engines. We must start to phase out the most polluting vehicles immediately."
"It is time to enact a strong set of regulations to transform the entire car market towards ultra-low carbon, rather than focusing solely on the uptake of electric vehicles."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50713616
RE: (UK) Rise of SUVs 'makes mockery' of electric car push - C C - Dec 10, 2019
Larger families to take out on outings than in the past?
Hmm... I forgot they might be the choice of rats, too. Or is that more a top-heavy truck?
RE: (UK) Rise of SUVs 'makes mockery' of electric car push - confused2 - Dec 10, 2019
That's actually even more depressing - an exponentially increasing number of SUVs.
At least the rats were driving electric vehicles.