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The EU has started an initiative which will potentially revise the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans which aims to ban combustion vehicles by 2035.
As part of this initiative, the European Commission has opened a call for evidence and feedback where everyone can voice their (fact-based) opinions. Here's the link:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-…
Before you rush to post a rant or say credibility undermining stuff like "plants need CO2" please bear in mind that this is not just about opinion but also about evidence and facts. Historic evidence, scientific evidence, research etc. Referring to one of these in your feedback will make it valuable and give it weight; otherwise, it's a waste of space.
In case you're wondering, here's what I wrote:

"History teaches us that putting all of our eggs in one basket is rarely a good idea. In the early 2000s EU legislation and regulation was very favourable towards diesel passenger vehicles. In less than 2 decades it became obvious how this legislation ultimately backfired and how diesels were not quite as environmentally and CO2 friendly as initial research lead us to believe. Despite this, diesels are still a critical part of our transport and industrial framework and managed to advance and become much cleaner in the last decade, despite the shift to regulations that no longer favored them. Climate change and the ever-changing needs of an ever-evolving society and industry are all extremely complex phenomena that cannot be addressed with simplistic policies that put all their faith into a single technology. BEVs already play an important role in the transport industry and they will likely continue to do so, but the same goes for hybrid and combustion vehicles. It is an undeniable fact that the EU is a beautifully diverse region in terms of geography, climate, population density and infrastructure. BEVs alone cannot address the needs of all the shades of this very wide spectrum of diversity. Neither can hybrids and combustion vehicles. These are all technologies that we are fortunate enough to have at our disposal and we should be focusing on how to best use all of them to address all the needs of all the populations rather than forcing ourselves to choose one over the other. Battery technology has many amazing benefits but it is still realistically immature compared to combustion technology, which has over a century of research and development poured into it. Both of these technologies should be leveraged as much as possible to create the best solutions for all kinds of scenarios. We are in a period of transition and I believe that transition should be organic and true. History teaches us that trying to forcefully, prematurely and artificially accelerate transition by abstaining from one of our obvious strengths leads to less than desirable results. The future of transportation may very well be fully battery electric but we need to reach that stage naturally if we want it to be truly sustainable and sensible. "

As you can see I chose to use obvious historical evidence that shows how aggressive policies similar to the 2035 ban have already backfired once and how we should instead leverage all of our technologies to address all the different needs. It's a simple comment but also has some facts in it and not just opinion.

Also, sorry for no videos for a while, I'm taking a little break and recharging so that I can be back with some quality content either in the last week of August or the first week of September. I chose to post nothing rather than to post junk content just for the sake of posting. Hope you're all well and hope you're having a great summer.

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