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All the "plans to do stuff by 2050" are completely useless. The one who did the plan will not be in charge till that date, someone else will take over and chang
by yCloser 9y ago
All the "plans to do stuff by 2050" are completely useless. The one who did the plan will not be in charge till that date, someone else will take over and change/destroy the plan (or worse, add +20 years), and in politics this is simply the way to go.
This is procastination at his finest and means "doing nothing now".
- michaelt 9y agoIf you introduce a ban on petrol vehicles that starts immediately (or within the life of one parliament) people will bitch that that you've destroyed the value of the car they expected to drive for years, the world doesn't have enough EV production capacity, that the mechanics aren't set up for it, that there aren't enough charge stations, that there isn't enough electricity production capacity, etc etc. I agree it's politically difficult to do this slowly - but it's even harder to do it quickly :)
- smcl 9y agoI see the point, but this doesn't necessarily mean its an empty gesture as there is a precedent. Back in 2005 the Scottish government aimed for 18% of electricity consumed to be generated by renewable sources by 2020 (later adjusted to 50%). This was met and exceeded in 2015 (59%). Granted this is a smaller timeline but there is real backing for renewables here, especially since the collapse of oil prices hit the local oil industry
- andygates 9y agoIn the case of electric vehicles, the long timeline means they can ease charging facilities in without having a massive spend - they just come in when infrastructure gets renewed. Visible charging facilities are one of the things that breaks the "chicken and egg" adoption problem.