Submitted 10 months ago by Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
Looks like we are finally working towards a fuel efficiency standard.
Will be interesting to see what the final details are, especially the year at which manufacturers have to hit zero emissions, and if it’s going to be a linear change to get there or otherwise.
No doubt legacy parts of the industry will be busy lobbying for their own interests instead of the planet’s.
Seems to be a lukewarm reception of this on Lemmy. I wonder if this is representative of the rest of Aus? Strange, emission standards in line with the rest of the world is a no brainer to me. Don’t thousands of Australians die each year related to poor emission standards? Yes old cars will be impacted eventually, but we need to start somewhere.
I very much doubt the fediverse is in anyway representative of mainstream Australia.
Yes the road toll from emissions is thought to be higher than from crashes. …edu.au/…/Expert-Position-Statement_Vehicle-emiss…
Not sure if that message resonates with the average land cruiser driver though.
I’m concerned about what happens to my 20 year old landcruiser in the next 5 years.
From the linked page:
Will a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard impact my existing car?
No.
I don’t mean from this bill, just in general they’re going to push old vehicles out of the market eventually
Fluid@aussie.zone 10 months ago
While the sentiment is good, the excecution is typical terrible, enabling manufacturers to do very little to address the problem while looking like they are doing a lot. Typical lazy “industry designed” guidelines.