• uszo165@futurology.today
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    2 days ago

    There is no plan on implementation from the government. It is just a meaningless pledge. In fact, they are about to subsidize fossil fuel consumption for the second time this year.

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    I hope they will keep their promise.

    Both the federal and provincial governments where I live had plans to ban the sale of gas powered vehicles by 2035. They kept this policy for a few years but both scrapped it recently.

    My province initially made it a law that 100% of cars sold by 2035 should be electric. It’s now 90%.

    So, as much as the current German government can say it plans to do this by 2045, there’s more than enough time to have another government that will scrap this policy. And their plan is even more ambitious.

    I hope they will continue in the long term with this policy, but the cynical in me is doubting.

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    3 days ago

    Awesome!
    I didn’t see anything about including retrofitting old stuff; Is it only on new equipment?

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      How do you even make renewable energy infrastructure with only renewable energy input? It only works for draft animals and biofuels.

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        That’s just an initial boot strap problem.

        A solar panel factory can be powered by solar panels, once you get it stood up. Repeat for everything else.

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    2 days ago

    LOL. What bullshit. The fossil fuels will abandon you. And you will hate every minute of your lowtech life.