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Originally Posted by Iron Lung Jimmy

That agreement is a non-binding bunch of nonsense. If you read the article carefully it is a developing country's wet dream in that it is basically a vehicle for wealth redistribution.





So we agree that this isn't really about the environment.



I have never lived anywhere that did smog testing so I'm unaware of how that was received. As for the overall picture, no doubt it was and is a very good thing. Look at pictures of Los Angeles in the 70's, its comical how dirty the air was... almost as bad as Beijing today .

But that result was not achieved by putting a critical major industry (oil and gas) out of business or coercing people to buy something they did not want.

And for the record - I like EV's. I even own one (but it is a PHEV because that makes more sense) and it's a fun car. A station wagon that's a legit 12.5 sec car, what's not to like

Owners of pre-1977 Cadillacs and Lincolns would like a word with you. Those cars shrank by about a foot and a half almost overnight. I still can hear my grandfather’s rant in the back of my brain.

Porsche Panamera e-Hybrid or Audi Etron?