British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has rejected appeals from the Conservative Party to extend the deadline for requiring all new car sales in the United Kingdom to be electric by 2030.
Those government ministers who have embraced the “climate change” faith and are supported by virtually all U.K. media, which refuse to interview scientists who take a different view, are also sticking by tough interim targets for electric vehicles, The Times of London reports.
Speed limits have been reduced to 20 mph in central London, which creates rush hour-type traffic jams at all hours of the day. Bike lanes and motor scooters further complicate traffic, as do traffic lights that turn red, it seems, after only two or three blocks. The same speed limit is being proposed for less-populated Wales. Reduced vehicle speed supposedly cuts pollution from petrol-powered cars and limits crashes.
There are other problems, including paying China for the lithium needed for car batteries. Rep. Chris Smith, New Jersey Republican, asserts that forced labor is being used to mine cobalt, exploiting children in impoverished Congo, the world’s largest producer of the mineral that is also needed for batteries.A London Times editorial gets it right: “Britain’s infrastructure is far from ready for this abrupt transition.” At least former Prime Minister Boris Johnson set 2035 as a transition goal.
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