Wow, this is bold

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

While some are just talking about doing it, others are actually doing it...

Oslo moves to ban cars from city centre within four years
Proposed ban on private vehicles is part of a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels

Norway to Get Rid of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2030
Norwegian Labor Party (Arbeidepartiet) wants only emission-free cars on the market in 2030.

There is no intention to outright ban non-electric vehicles, however they will become very unfavorably taxed, making them a much less interesting alternative than electric cars. There are also pilot projects already in the running for making buses run on biofuel and eventually also batteries. Norway also has introduced its first fully electric car ferry, and studies are done on recharging ships wirelessly while docked. So no, not a ban, but buying a hydrocarbon based car will become a luxury few would spend money on.

Anyway... Norway is an oil-rich country -> number one prerequisite for being bombed by a US-led coalition-of-the-willing. And now Norway is straying further away from the overall dependence on fossil fuels, thus defying the big oil industry -> number two reason to blow the hell out of those pesky Vikings! Now... where are those U2 bombers, please?

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

There is no intention to outright ban non-electric vehicles, however they will become very unfavorably taxed, making them a much less interesting alternative than electric cars. There are also pilot projects already in the running for making buses run on biofuel and eventually also batteries. Norway also has introduced its first fully electric car ferry, and studies are done on recharging ships wirelessly while docked. So no, not a ban, but buying a hydrocarbon based car will become a luxury few would spend money on.