The German transport minister has declared that he will have to enforce a complete ban on driving at weekends throughout the country in order to comply with current climate ‘net zero’ laws.
Yes, really.
Volker Wissing has suggested changing the law to exclude the transport sector from carbon emissions reduction targets for now, because it is basically impossible without outlawing people getting in their cars.
Wissing has stated that the law needs to be changed before mid-July, otherwise he has no choice but to take the drastic action.
In a letter to coalition parliamentary group leaders, Wissing wrote “A corresponding reduction in traffic performance would only be possible through restrictive measures that are difficult to communicate to the population, such as nationwide and indefinite driving bans on Saturdays and Sundays.”
The Green Party and the Social Democrats (SPD), who are in a government coalition with Wissing’s pro-business FDP party, accused him of scaremongering along with the likes of Greenpeace who claim Wissing is blocking climate protection measures.
The leader of the FDP, finance minister Christian Lindner, backed Wissing, noting “The climate protection law of the previous government could soon lead to driving bans.”
Wissing doubled down in a radio interview, urging that he just “told the citizens the truth. You can only save such large amounts [of emissions] by giving up cars and trucks.”
“Those like Greenpeace and the Greens, who always say that the climate protection law must remain as it is, may now be frightened by the consequences of their policies,” he added.
Next up, carbon passports in order to travel…
Then climate lockdowns…
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