<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;European_emission_standards#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:Euronorms_Diesel.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;European_emission_standards#&#x2F;m...</a><p>As a layman these sorts of reductions always seemed pretty strict to me. It seemed like a backdoor way of banning ICE&#x27;s.<p>We know that we need to hit zero CO2. I think that regulations on emissions are the complete wrong way to go about it, though. Health issues in cities are irrelevant if global warming means the cities are underwater.<p>Tax the fuel, give incentives to renewable energies and batteries, and let the market sort it out.<p>Or, have the government seriously attack on the research front.<p>It feels a bit like we&#x27;re sitting here with this &#x27;money&#x27; abstraction and pretending that energy research is too expensive, when realistically, governments across the world have the might to make clean energy the next Apollo project. Why aren&#x27;t they? That would be a fantastic legacy for any president&#x2F;prime minister&#x2F;whatever.<p>The UK could take bits of land it owns, chuck homes there, give some fresh university grads in shit economic situations some research to crunch on. Like Manhattan 2.0.<p>You can&#x27;t just say to people &#x27;oh, your car is impossible, let&#x27;s go and sniff each other&#x27;s armpits on the subway, and you&#x27;ll have to walk to the countryside&#x27;. It just doesn&#x27;t work.