Could Norway ban all gasoline powered cars?
With all the talk about CAFE standards and gas taxes these days, many people wonder what a government could do to help bring the sale of gasoline powered cars down. How about a complete ban? Would that work? Sounds a little drastic, but Norway is considering doing just such a thing, and they are attempting to figure out if it's even legal for them to do so. It's important to note the difference that Norway sees between gasoline powered cars and biofuel cars. The source article implies that the cars would have two tanks, one for a biofuel like ethanol and one for gasoline. That's not at all necessary really, unless that is what the government would require. True flexible-fuel vehicles are capable of using any combination of gasoline and ethanol, so there only has to be a single tank. Norway also sells electric cars, with the Norwegian brand Th!nk making some headlines recently.
What do you think? Could Norway set a precedent in the banning of all cars powered exclusively by gasoline? Does it matter?
[Source: UPI via The Truth About Cars]
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sigeguera 6:14AM (10/17/2007)
if they would ban cars in norway. what would happent to the people who already have cars in their home, work, etc. i think that taxing those who have cars would also be a good policy but the cars though wil become expensive. and also another issue, nowadays, there's a trend of buying luxury cars. would this be an exception?
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Espen 4:40AM (10/17/2007)
This would more than surprise me. The current government has not impressed in it's actions regarding the environment. I hadn't read anything about this in the news until I saw this entry on autobloggreen. I've been able to track down an article (in Norwegian) regarding this, but considering the complete lack of publicity in Norway, I doubt this proposal is serious.
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Espen 5:32AM (10/17/2007)
Somehow the link to the original article was omitted in my previous comment. Here it is:
http://forbruker.no/bil/article1800039.ece
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OhmExcited 12:22PM (10/17/2007)
If the Norwegians really believe that the burning of fossil fuels is wreaking environmental havoc and destruction on all future generations, maybe they should stop drilling and selling oil abroad instead of merely tweaking the habits of their small population. It's like a dealer who simultaneously sells crack and offers self help seminars on becoming clean. Great business model.
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Mikael Johansson 3:13PM (10/17/2007)
I agree. Statoil also is exploiting oil sands in Canada! How do they think they can fool a whole world? Norway, stop those plans!
Statoil to tap oil from sands in Canada
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Mikael Johansson 3:16PM (10/17/2007)
Statoil tapping oil from sands in Canadafrom sands in Canada
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Mikael Johansson 3:20PM (10/17/2007)
Statoil tapping oil from sands in Canadafrom sands in Canada.
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/chinainstitute/nav03.cfm?nav03=60696&nav02=57351&nav01=57272
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peter wearing 4:34PM (7/09/2008)
Yes the day will come just think utopia at last no more cars on the streets as for geting to work on your bike i say what you
Nicholas 9:20AM (10/18/2007)
There are serious plans of banning all new fossilfuel vehicles by the year 2015. I think it´s a great idea, we need some radical ideas.
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Iris 5:44PM (11/29/2007)
I plan to travel buy car all 49 state, Espaecially alaska, I would like to know what hybrid would be conviniend for me.
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