Heraldsun.com.au: Ban petrol cars from 2015, says Norway's Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen - by Alister Doyle
Ban petrol cars from 2015, says Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen - by Alister Doyle
A PROPOSAL to ban sales of new petrol-powered cars in Norway from 2015 could help spur struggling carmakers to shift to greener models, Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen said. "This is much more realistic than people think when they first hear about this proposal," she said, defending a plan by her Socialist Left Party to outlaw sales of cars that run solely on fossil fuels in six years' time. "The financial crisis also means that a lot of those car producers that now have big problems ... know that they have to develop their technology because we also have to solve the climate criss when this financial crisis is over," she said. "That is why we would like a ban from 2015."
Labels: Alternative Energy, Car Industry, Economy, Europe, Norway
