Date published: 2007/08/28
The BBC says:
Petrol-powered cars should be phased out within decades to help fight climate change, say the Lib Dems.
Environment spokesman Chris Huhne says cars should use alternative fuel - like hydrogen fuel cells - by 2040 as part of plans to make the UK carbon-neutral.
"The EU acting together through the internal market can make sure that change happens," he said.
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The Lib Dems say they want specific proposals to tackle climate change, including a major upgrade of the rail network, and a new north-south high-speed rail line, paid for through tolls on lorries using the motorways.
You never know, hydrogen fuel cells, or some alternative technology, might all be plausible by 2040. None of these technologies is that close to being plausible now (certainly not hydrogen fuel cells).
And why would Britain want to throw billions of pounds at a "new north-south high-speed rail line"? Do we want London commuters to live in Glasgow and Edinburgh, hugely subsidised by the rest of the country? London commuters have already taken over, and pushed up house prices in, towns anywhere near London and we do not need that to spread further.
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