| Topic: Trump rolls back US climate rules |
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| 1. Author: Paralex Date: Thu 12th Feb 2026. 18:54 No more electric cars or stop/start switches USA. Good policy or backward step? Reply |
| 2. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Thu 12th Feb 2026. 18:58 Look at the recent weather and tell me climate change isn’t a real thing…… Barely any snow the last 2 winters in Fife, meanwhile Aberdeenshire hasn’t seen the sun for over a fortnight at least. It’s not about “global warming” per-say, it’s about the way the weather systems and seasons are changing more drastically. Reply |
| 3. Author: parsmad68 Date: Thu 12th Feb 2026. 19:14 Migrating animals cannot adapt. Food sources depleted for all animals. Resident birds struggling for food. Parasites infecting and shortening fish life stocks and size. Reduction in natural St Kildan sheep allowing weaker animals to breed reducing the gene pool strength. Aye everything is ok. Personally I think we are all dooooomed, ah tell ye! So does that means that his pal Elon is not selling as many electric vehicles. Reply |
| 4. Author: jake89 Date: Thu 12th Feb 2026. 20:03 No real issue with electric cars or stop start. Whether electric is the future is academic in any debate. The simple fact is the fossil fuel engine`s days are numbered. We`ll run out of resources meaning no cars...or a Mad Max style future with people fighting over the last jerry can of diesel. I likely won`t buy an electric car for a good while. Basically want to ensure I buy the VHS rather than the Beta max. Trump is a dinosaur though. He wants to ensure the US keeps making money from oil and these "windmills" and electric cars are a threat. Reply |
| 5. Author: Paralex Date: Thu 12th Feb 2026. 20:08 Notwithstanding the effect on the climate, I see the positive value of electric vehicles and on/off switches, on the air quality in our big cities. Also having an on/off switch on my own car, it saves fuel, which can`t be bad. Right, Jake, I get your logic about VHS or Beta Max. I don`t know anything about electric cars but it`s clear that you are suggesting there are two main types, one of which may become the standard and the other which may become obsolete. Post Edited (Fri 13 Feb 00:04) Reply |
| 6. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 13th Feb 2026. 19:20 I was meaning more, will it be electric cars or will we see developments in hydrogen or some other fuel? I believe electric connectors are pretty standard now. I did watch a video where a guy bought an ancient Renault electric to try and do a road trip. He ended up abandoning it after finding none of the road/street chargers were compatible 😂 Reply |
| 7. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:54 The argument about ICE to me is a massive side step. Even if we never use an ICE again, we’ll still need all of the same oil to produce electric vehicles. It’s in everything even if something is 100% pure of it, the machinery, infrastructure and logistics around its manufacture is full of it. ‘Renewable’ energy is reliant on the oil industry. We also turn a blind eye to the impact that solar farms and wind farms have on wildlife. The whole net zero argument is just a political tool. It keeps big government and big business rolling on and doesn’t change anything for anyone else. BTW I’m not for saying we should never use oil. I think that’s brain dead as well. We wouldn’t have our current infrastructure without it COYP Reply |
| 8. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 13:23 Remove oil from the world, you rid the place of diesel - how many lorries/vans do you know of that run on electric power? Think of the number of lorries and vans you see daily delivering goods to every store in the country. How long realistically do people think it would take to replace that network with electric vehicles? The ones that want an end to ICE vehicles would be the first ones to complain when all the shop shelves are empty, no crops are harvested and production lines came to a halt. Reply |
| 9. Author: P Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 16:48 The weirdest thing in the ICE & EV debate is how some people react as though they had been touched inappropriately by an EV. The push absolute nonsense and you can guarantee that any time there is a vehicle fire the first posts will have someone claim it’s an EV when they are pretty much always ICE as thermal runaway is incredibly rare. Reply |