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We could for example: 1. Incentivise retrofitting of electric transmissions to cars with internal combustion engines 2. Disincentivise the introduction of new
by growlist 7y ago
We could for example:
1. Incentivise retrofitting of electric transmissions to cars with internal combustion engines
2. Disincentivise the introduction of new models, visual updates etc. to existing cars via taxation
3. Incentivise durability and repairability - force car makers to produce cars that are modular and easily repaired, enforced limits on pricing of spare parts, force open-sourcing of designs etc.
Of course all of above would likely smash the car makers' current business model to pieces - and when you get down to it this is the real problem with the kind of genuine, general change we need to see in order to save the Earth.
Sustainable approaches simply will not deliver the kind of reduction in consumption required. Everyone is going to have to accept a much poorer lifestyle. The main blocker to me is the rich: how are they going to justify their continued opulence when the companies they own (are forced to) produce so little for the average person?
- sokoloff 7y ago> Incentivise retrofitting of electric transmissions to cars with internal combustion engines What would that do to help? Modern transmissions are fairly efficient (basically anything with a lockup torque converter is now very good and any manual or computer controlled manual transmission is excellent in terms of efficiency). I can’t see what an electronic transmission on an ICE engine would do that would possibly pay back.
- growlist 7y agoRemoval of the ICE in favour of electric I meant, in case I wasn't clear. Massive amounts of power etc. are required to produce the chassis, bodywork etc. - it makes sense to get a lifetime's use out of them rather than throw away the whole thing just because the ICE has gone out of fashion.