26-07-2017, 08:44 PM
It's about meeting targets for emissions, nothing to do with European laws. This country was pretty instrumental in establishing these emissions targets, so it'd be a bit weak if we couldn't meet them ourselves. I'd be surprised if it's even big news by the time it actually comes about, 23 years is a long time. Technological progression and other "passive" government policies discouraging use of ICEs will have reached a tipping point with the move towards alternative forms of power anyway.