{"id":26159,"date":"2017-09-27T05:53:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26159"},"modified":"2017-09-27T05:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:53:03","slug":"aston-martin-ceo-uk-fossil-fuel-ban-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26159","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin CEO: UK Fossil Fuel Ban \u201cMeaningless\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Alternative-Energy\/Renewable-Energy\/Aston-Martin-CEO-UK-Fossil-Fuel-Ban-Meaningless.html\">Aston Martin CEO: UK Fossil Fuel Ban \u201cMeaningless\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"singleArticle__articleImage\" title=\"EV\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.oilprice.com\/a\/img\/content\/article\/718x300\/3927c35fc1cd16ccf8bff81e3f3a73d7.jpg\" alt=\"EV\" \/><\/picture>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"wysiwyg clear\">\n<p>British performance carmaker Aston Martin\u2019s chief sees his country taking a very unrealistic approach to dealing with air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government\u2019s July announcement that it will be banning the sale of petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2040 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/09\/22\/aston-martin-ceo-green-vehicle-regulations-are-meaningless-and-just-spin.html\">is \u201cmeaningless\u201d<\/a> to Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials are certainly not automotive engineers and are missing the mark, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolicy makers should not try to be engineers,\u201d Palmer said. His conclusion was that the July announcement banning fossil fuel vehicles by 2040 was \u201cjust spin\u201d and doesn\u2019t stand a chance of being achieved.<\/p>\n<p>China is now becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/gadfly\/articles\/2017-09-11\/electric-cars-reach-a-tipping-point\">one of four countries<\/a> joining the UK in stopping fossil-fuel powered vehicles on its roads, along with France and Norway. Xin Guobin, the country\u2019s vice minister of industry and information technology, announced in a speech earlier this month that regulators are working on a timeline for phasing out the sales and production of the gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries central to the global auto market are considering heading toward an eventual phase-out of petroleum-powered cars through government incentives and mandates. It\u2019s a big job \u2013 with about 695,000 of 84 million new vehicles sold last year being electric; and with about a billon gasoline and diesel vehicles out on roads across the world now.<\/p>\n<p>These regulators are getting their wires crossed with national mandates, Palmer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my view as an engineer, it\u2019s better to prescribe the emission, and then let the engineers figure out what the right technology is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer thinks the technology is already there with fuel efficient gasoline engine vehicles. He made reference to Formula 1 racers in development that can already double their previous fuel economy.<\/p>\n<p>Hybrid vehicles can confuse the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Martin CEO: UK Fossil Fuel Ban \u201cMeaningless\u201d British performance carmaker Aston Martin\u2019s chief sees his country taking a very unrealistic approach to dealing with air pollution. The UK government\u2019s July announcement that it will be banning the sale of petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2040 is \u201cmeaningless\u201d to Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer. 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