
Eber123
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Good afternoon,
This is a very complex topic that the different governments in Europe have to sort out.
In the last 50 years an infrastructure grew that work was in the city, but because living space was so expensive everybody bought a house a rented a flat away from the city. Now we need to rely on transport (be it cars or public transport).
Here is an example of the dilemma. In Frankfurt diesel vehicles will be banned in a few month (if memory serves right up to Euro4 and later to Euro5). Everyday thousands of those cars have to drive into Frankfurt. What to do? Local counsel consider to build huge car parks on the outskirts. Wow, that is ambitious. The ban will be in place at the end of the year, that is not even time enough for planning. On top of that there is simply not enough space easy available.
I am one of those people who won't believe in electric cars. I simply don't believe that it is sustainable. I have not read one newspaper article explaining from where the electricity is coming from if Ireland has 500,000 electric cars. Also with the limited travel distance (obviously this alone is a huge topic for discussion) has a massive impact in rural areas on tourism in Europe.
There is a lot of work to do, but traveling will be different in the future, certainly not so as we know it know.
Regards,
Eberhard
This is a very complex topic that the different governments in Europe have to sort out.
In the last 50 years an infrastructure grew that work was in the city, but because living space was so expensive everybody bought a house a rented a flat away from the city. Now we need to rely on transport (be it cars or public transport).
Here is an example of the dilemma. In Frankfurt diesel vehicles will be banned in a few month (if memory serves right up to Euro4 and later to Euro5). Everyday thousands of those cars have to drive into Frankfurt. What to do? Local counsel consider to build huge car parks on the outskirts. Wow, that is ambitious. The ban will be in place at the end of the year, that is not even time enough for planning. On top of that there is simply not enough space easy available.
I am one of those people who won't believe in electric cars. I simply don't believe that it is sustainable. I have not read one newspaper article explaining from where the electricity is coming from if Ireland has 500,000 electric cars. Also with the limited travel distance (obviously this alone is a huge topic for discussion) has a massive impact in rural areas on tourism in Europe.
There is a lot of work to do, but traveling will be different in the future, certainly not so as we know it know.
Regards,
Eberhard