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After Paris, Brussels now also examines measures against 'car obesity' (www.demorgen.be)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/belgium

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[–] sph 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our fossil fuel consumption is also at an all time record high, despite EV growing in popularity. It's mostly because a lot of ordinary cars are replaced by SUVs that eat a lot more fuel.

https://standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230712_92929200

[–] buzzywuzzy 7 points 1 year ago

A sad evolution indeed. It's like we learned nothing from the past lockdown with teleworking as the norm. Congestion is on an all time high and even a surge in gas prices won't matter to the average consumer that buys a gas guzzler SUV anyway.