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Yes but make no mistake: German car manufacturers will make the German governments lobby for whatever they find value in when time goes by. They've recently in
by nforgerit 3y ago
Yes but make no mistake: German car manufacturers will make the German governments lobby for whatever they find value in when time goes by.
They've recently invented the funny term "Technologieoffenheit" as an abstract concept to allow for "whatever the market decides" which sounds good but completely ignores, e.g. that they won't have enough renewable energy to produce zero-emission e-fuels/hydrogen at a scale big enough to achieve reasonable consumer prices for usage in cars. AFAIK anything that is based on organic matter can only be net-zero and potentially drives out potentially more important food. Not sure yet what this "strategy" leads to if not more populist politics.
- bee_rider 3y agoErr, whatever the market decides, isn’t that what we’ve had in the US forever? It works for some thing but we don’t seem to be the leaders as far as fighting climate change goes.
- tcfhgj 3y ago> . that they won't have enough renewable energy to produce zero-emission e-fuels/hydrogen at a scale big enough to achieve reasonable consumer prices for usage in cars. which then means that "everyone" is still using ICE cars, which can't be driven climate neutral. The the lobby will again cry that it is impossible that we move everything to electric instantly and/or e fuels can't be afforded by the poorest. The result will be that climate goals regarding ICE cars will be watered down again, and the government will subsidize e fuels. Regarding food: just kill more rein forests in brasil, which we are already doing anywasys (we produce bio gas from plants (1/30 area efficiency of photovoltaics while eroding the ground) and add bio fuel already to fossil fuels (which btw. hardly improves the impact on the environnment -> a bit less theoretical emissions while way more air pollution)