The coming bans on petrol and diesel new cars in Canberra and now Sydney, are even more radical than seen in overseas countries, also under the grip of the climate change fanatical religion. The Committee for Sydney, an urban policy think tank, proposes that there should be the banning of the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2027, and gas appliances by 2030. These vehicles are to be replaced by electric vehicles. Now while that may sound warm and fuzzy to some, the reality of electric cars for a mass society are seen in California, less radical than Sydney, which plans to phase out these politically incorrect vehicles by 2035. The problem is, it is not known how the grid is going to cope with increased demands upon electricity, and the same for Sydney.
“New petrol and diesel cars could be banned from sale in Sydney within the next five years if a radical plan from a think tank is given the go ahead.
The Committee for Sydney, an urban policy think tank made up of a highly influential body of business leaders and infrastructure experts, has set out a proposal to decarbonise Greater Sydney and halve emissions by 2030.
The committee released its Decarbonising Sydney report on Monday unveiling plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2027, and gas appliances by 2030.
Diesel and petrol cars are the biggest driver of emissions in the area and should be replaced completely by electric vehicles, according to the report.
A blanket ban on the petrol guzzlers would follow in the steps of the ACT, which plans to phase out all emission-producing vehicles by 2035.
'The NSW EV Strategy aims for electric vehicles to make up half of all new car sales by 2030, leading to approx. 15 per cent of the passenger fleet being electric,' the report states.
'Our Accelerated Net Zero Transition model shows we need a much faster ramping up: all new cars need to be electric by 2027, so EVs make up approx. 30 per cent of the passenger fleet by 2030 – twice as much as in the Steady Transition approach.'
The plan to ban petrol car sales in NSW by 2027 is more ambitious than other countries with Germany and the UK waiting until 2030 and California 2035.
The committee wants to increase the number of electric vehicles expected on the roads by 2030 from 470,000 to 850,000.
It also wants to replace all commercial and government fleets with electric vehicles by the same year.
'A key reason EV supply is limited in Australia is the lack of fuel standards, along with no future ban on new petrol/diesel vehicles,' the report states.
'A petrol and diesel car sales ban, announced well in advance, would also send a clear signal to industry that EV charging, servicing and supply chain networks need to be in place.'
The report advised the number of charging stations should be increased drastically to cut down on consumer 'range anxiety'.
The push adds to a proposal put forward by a Grattan Institute think tank to ban diesel trucks manufactured before 2003 in parts of Sydney and Melbourne by 2025.
The report claimed trucks made before 1996 emitted 60 times more pollution than vehicles sold after 2011.
'Since old trucks are so harmful, the largest capital cities should introduce low-emission zones to keep the most-polluting ones away from people,' the report stated.
On top of introducing more electric vehicles, the Committee for Sydney wants more coal plants to be closed in order to reach the 2030 emissions target.
No new gas connections from 2035 and no new gas appliances by 2030 are part of the proposed plan.
'Both come with big social, logistical and political challenges, but the reduced energy bills that come with electrifying transport and buildings will be worth it,' committee spokesman Sam Kernaghan said.
The report shows how making the switch to cleaner energy could reduce the cost of living pressures.
The modelling suggests that by 2050, solar-powered households could be saving $1,000 a year on energy bills on average, and running an EV could save another $1,250 per year.”
“The Golden State just enacted a new provision to phase out the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The only problem is that the state’s energy grid is already on the verge of collapsing.
There is simply no way that tens of millions of cars, trucks and even tractor-trailers will be able to hook up for a charge all at once, day in and day out, without killing the grid and leaving the entire state in the dark.
Researchers from the University of California Irvine (UCI) say they are trying to figure out how to provide enough electricity to charge all those cars once the rule comes into effect.
“The grid does not currently have the capability to add millions of battery-electric or even fuel-cell electric vehicles today,” says Jack Brouwer, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCI.
“So, we have some time to make reasonable investments in the grid to enable this to actually happen and to happen well.”
Southern California Edison (SCE), an electric company that provides power to some 14 million customers, says it is making those investments right now – but will it actually work?
“We have a long-term process in place to make sure we’re making smart investments in the grid today, so we’ll have the energy we need five to 10 years down the road,” says Paul Griffo, and SCE spokesman.
“In fact, Southern California Edison is investing over $5 billion in modernizing the grid, so that we can handle the additional needs of our customers in the future, including electric cars.”
If everyone drives electric cars, the grid will fail
In recent years, California has had a really hard time keeping the lights on as it is. There are apparently too many people and not enough infrastructure – and the infrastructure that does exist is outdated and overloaded.
To reinvent the wheel at this point in time in order to accommodate a massive influx of electric vehicles will be an incredible feat. You might even say it is a pipe dream that is unlikely to succeed.
California is going to try anyway, though. Various electric vehicle (EV) prototypes are being unveiled, including a hydrogen-powered vehicle that only emits water.
Brouwer says that in order for this to even have a chance at working, there will need to be more focus on not just battery-electric cars but also many other types of electric cars.
“If we try to move in this direction and only use battery electric vehicles, we will fail,” he says.
“The grid cannot charge every single transportation application. We must invest in both battery-electric vehicles and fuel-cell electric vehicles.”
His focus is on hydrogen-electric vehicles, which he says will not stress the grid that much even if half of all drivers in California buy one by the year 2035.
“Those people can fill up their cars at hydrogen stations, which are much like gas stations, and will hopefully become more available throughout the state in the coming years,” reported CBS News.
No matter how you look at it, the push to completely outlaw all gas-powered vehicles and replace them with some form of an electric vehicle is a mistake. Taking away the option is what will eventually kill California’s grid.
Unless every household and business uses solar panels that never fail, there will simply not be enough electric capacity to power everyone. Perhaps this was the goal all along: to deprive the general population of energy so they are at the behest of the state control.”