As some wag points out in the comments, "This video gives us a fascinating insight into the mentality that drives the European Commission, implying that policy papers will help to bring about a better world by some kind of magical transformation".
Further excavation shows what manner of schemes are being cooked up:
By 2050, key goals will include:
- No more conventionally-fuelled cars in cities.
- 40% use of sustainable low carbon fuels in aviation; at least 40% cut in shipping emissions.
- A 50% shift of medium distance intercity passenger and freight journeys from road to rail and waterborne transport.
- All of which will contribute to a 60% cut in transport emissions by the middle of the century.
If I make it to 2050 I'll be a fair vintage, and thus will be especially well placed to be spectacularly grumpy about all this
Three zeds is most impressive, former Chiswickite, formerly Croydonian.
ReplyDeleteNo. 1 is dead easy. We have loads of non-conventionally-fuelled cars on the roads already. By 2050 electric and hybrid and probably things we haven't thought of yet will be commonplace.
ReplyDelete2 is less easy unless we can find some magic way of producing biofuels without starving the poor.
3 will be a struggle unless we build a lot of railways. In the UK at least, something like 90% of journeys are by road and the rail network cannot cope with its 10%ish...
Hello James - nice to see you again.
ReplyDeleteBE - Hmm, unless we are including diesels, I'd imagine we are in the low single per cents, aren't we?