http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Ban-petrol-cars-in-cities.6742083.jp
There'll be cheap petrol in 2050??
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"Ban petrol cars in cities by 2050, urges EU"
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Related -
"UN report: Cities ignore climate change at their peril"
"While cities were energy intensive, the study also said that effective urban planning could deliver huge savings"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12881779
(Story doesn't mention bicycles!)
Posted 13 years ago # -
They obviously know something you and I don't. They are assuming there will be any petrol in 2050, I suppose that is conceivable, only forty years away. A lot can happen in that time, and none of this might be an issue then. How's about just ban all cars from city centres, starting very soon?
Posted 13 years ago # -
I suspect that climate change may well be quite evident then, even to sceptics, so sense may belatedly prevail.
Posted 13 years ago # -
If history is a guide to the future (a big if) there may well be cheap petrol then. This chart (US Gas Prices) shows inflation adjusted "gas" prices are the same now as they were in the 1940s and by no means at historical highs.
If you asked a 40s petrolium engineer how long reserves would last, they would have said ~20 years tops, much the same as now. Fact is, it's not worth exploring if you have that much in the bank.
So, if you want to price motorists out of towns, it'll probably have to be tax that does it...
Posted 13 years ago #
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