https://energytransition.org/2018/09/stricter-co2-standards-for-vehicles-are-not-the-reason-for-job-losses/ The Global Energiewende Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:20:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://energytransition.org/2018/09/stricter-co2-standards-for-vehicles-are-not-the-reason-for-job-losses/#comment-7676 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:46:08 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=17782#comment-7676 E-mobilitity is better than gasoline, yeah sure… but no way enough to save the climate. It is such an enormous waste to manufacture cars that are only used 5-10% of the time and when used carry only one passenger, often in a route that can be traveled by public transportation or bike. The whole market reality should be criticized and the discussion should be re-oriented towards more radical changes to mobility and car ownership. We can probably do just fine if we had 1/3rd the amount of private vehicles on the road. The car industry should downscale. Unemployment and welfare is a political question that can be addressed in many ways, shifting employment to clean technologies and energy conservation being one of them.

]]> https://energytransition.org/2018/09/stricter-co2-standards-for-vehicles-are-not-the-reason-for-job-losses/#comment-7675 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:39:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=17782#comment-7675 ” …delegates of all parties have started to wonder if they should better waive the transport sector’s climate goals for employment in their home countries.” The English for Land/Länder, in the German constitutional sense, is LandLänder, or at a pinch “federal state(s)”. The English for Swiss “canton/Kanton” is “canton”.

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