U.K. to ban all Diesel and Petrol cars from 2030

Britain is making some large changes to their automobile industry, here is the news.

United Kingdom has banned all Petrol and Diesel cars, effective 2030. Therefore, after 1st January 2030 no fossil fuel based vehicles will be allowed to be produced, sold, or used in the country. Hybrid cars which run both on Petrol/Electricity will be allowed to run till 2035 after which they will also see the same fate as their Diesel and Petrol feasting peers.

This large G7 nation has taken a large step against climate change, promoting Green Design- the philosophy of designing environmentally conscious products- and therefore in the process encouraging Clean Technology- which are manufacturing processes that have ecological benefits at their heart. This is part of Boris Johnson's Green Revolution plan.

The UK government is willing to spend more than 16 Billion USD on this large ramification of the industry, with 1.6 Billion going to establish charging ports across the nation and more than 1.5 Billion Dollars to be granted in subsidies. India also wanted to at a time follow suit, however, due to the various demos which were done through the Diesel Ban and Carbon Taxes towards the end of the previous decade show both hope and problems.

With one conclusion to both the acts, that if the work is done with will then it can be executed. India has currently implemented a BS6 regulation, which is a law to reduce sulphur content in the fuel to reduce Greenhouse Gasses, yet, the goal of seeing a ban on such a large scale in a much larger nation in such a short time is not seemingly plausible.

UK has obviously taken a right step. It is a nightmare for a large sector in the nation, however, it is the correct decision to take. The existing producers, suppliers, and families which feed off of the Petrol/Diesel side of the automobile industry have been under fire since the Kyoto Protocol, and now there are larger changes being made.

The government has rightfully provided the industry a decade to begin implementing Clean Technologies in their business and preach Green Designs in the future. It is vital to see how other G7 firms respond and if they will follow suit.