**Germany Urges Loophole for EU Ban on Fossil-Fuel Cars: Synthetic Carbon-Captured Fuels** CNN reports: When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035, it was a landmark victory for climate. In February, the European Parliament approved the law. All that was needed was a rubber stamp from the bloc's political leaders. Then Germany changed its mind. ... ⌘ Read more

(#2atsloq) @slashdot FFS.

(#2atsloq) unfortunately, it isn't "just Germany" the whole EU seems OK with ignoring the urgency science proves the sittuation demands. And this was already an watered-down decision...

(#2atsloq) @marado Ahh yeah I remember that Yarn well 👌 It's very frustrating that between large corporations and nations nobody (including Australia who are some of the worst offenders here with lack of climate action) are taking this very seriously 🤦‍♂️ Like can we just stop mining and burning Coal already?! 🤔

(#2atsloq) (for reference, here's me whining on how the measure was already insufficient last year).

(#2atsloq) @slashdot FFS.

(#2atsloq) (for reference, here's me whining on how the measure was already insufficient last year).

(#2atsloq) unfortunately, it isn't "just Germany" the whole EU seems OK with ignoring the urgency science proves the sittuation demands. And this was already an watered-down decision...

(#2atsloq) I don't understand what we're doing here. We either ban the use of combustion fossil fuels or we don't and let the Earth be scorched 🤦‍♂️ I thought Germany was a pretty progressive country 🤔

(#2atsloq) @prologic > I thought Germany was a pretty progressive country 🤔 Doesn’t feel like that to me, but of course it depends on which country you’re comparing us to. 😅 I didn’t follow this closely (because I lost all hope when it comes to Germans and their cars), but it looks like this e-fuel stuff is mostly the result of the efforts of *one* party? Or maybe the others like it too and just blame that party for it. 🤣