OccasionalDucks<p>Rules on UK car firms relaxed ahead of 2030 petrol vehicles ban <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3xe7ppmn2o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cj3xe7pp</span><span class="invisible">mn2o</span></a></p><p>This may be “pragmatic” but beside the opposition’s complaint that it “doesn’t help industry enough” it prolongs and worsens the damaging effects of ICE vehicles - and allows a “cliff edge” approach that will be used in a few years to undermine the transition by painting it as unachievable. Oh, and if you build cars for rich people you can just carry on making them as polluting as you like.</p><p>I suppose once only rich people have ICE cars at least we’ll be able to bring the fuel duty escalator back, right? Right??</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DontLookUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontLookUp</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BanCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanCars</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a></p>