> Yes and no. This kind of thing only works if it's practically done worldwide. Otherwise it'll only hurt the EU a lot economically. I agree, but at least EU w

> Yes and no. This kind of thing only works if it's practically done worldwide. Otherwise it'll only hurt the EU a lot economically. I agree, but at least EU would get a head start and have companies and knowledge built up around greener technologies. Sooner or later the rest of the world will have to adopt greener solutions even if they don't want it now. Either because it will be cheaper than oil and coal or because they notice they have more fires than water around. Electric cars, electricity produced from wind and solar etc will be much cheaper than coal and oil based solutions so it just needs a little push right now to kick out the incumbent. And not to mention the national security perspective. With wind and solar production we get rid of dependence from countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia. In the event of war the country is much more resilient as electricity for heating, cooking and transportation is produced locally and spread out on buildings etc instead of a few massive plants.