Petrol Powered Boats - the End of the Road?

[[2068]]

Why do you think there will still be diesel available but no petrol?

Because diesel will still be needed for all sorts of commercial purposes.
Heating, generators, agricultural vehicles, commercial vehicles, etc.
Of course these too could become restricted in future years, but I think that will take a lot longer.

 

[ari]

Remember how 23 years ago we were all going to be piloting flying cars, wearing spray on clothes and eating five course meals that came in the form of a single handy pill by now?

This will be like that - people will look back and chuckle at the naivety of those that pledged the end of petrol and diesel cars back in good old 2017. If they even remember at all of course...

 

[Bigplumbs]

Is there perhaps a way to make fuel from Environmentalist, Perhaps stew them up and syphon off the hydrocarbons. I will have a word with Trump on Twitter he is probably working on a method

 

[lambohill]

I wouldn't worry, hybrids are not included in the ban, so petrol will be the dominant forecourt fuel.

 

[TRH]

Hydrogen water power now that's the dream.

 

[rafiki_]

Hydrogen water power now that's the dream.

Hydrogen is happening, in fuel cell vehicles.

 

[alandalus11]

By the time petrol and diesel are finished I will be dead. Before then I am going to try and use up as much of the oil stock available and have fun doing it.

 

[rbcoomer]

Time to invest in petrol / diesel generators perhaps - everyone will need one to charge their car when the grid collapses under the load!

 

[Bouba]

Time to invest in petrol / diesel generators perhaps - everyone will need one to charge their car when the grid collapses under the load!

Wow, the future, plug your car into your boat. Can you imagine when the marina powers the town:encouragement:

 

[mucklestone]

It's a bit of a Joke really to suggest that we will ban petrol cars by 2040 without putting a plan in place to do it.

Currently the replacement would be an electric car charged from the national grid. That's fine for the few electric cars we have now, but the national grid would need a massive investment in infrastructure to provide enough electricity to power everyone's car. We are worried about brown-outs now. We will need to build a lot more power stations and these can easily take 15 years from conception to commissioning. 2040 isn't so far away really.

Renewables are great, but inevitably I think it will mean more nuclear power stations and we all know how great these are for the environment - perhaps petrol's aren't so bad after all?

 

[KevB]

The plan isn't to get rid of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040. The plan is they need to be hybrid at least, hybrids will have internal combustion engines. I'm guessing hydrogen is going to play a big part in the future of transport.