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In another case where the truth is stranger than fiction Green list MP, Associate Transport Minister and writer of secret letters, Julie Anne “Car Fascist” Genter has been exposed for ordering an investigation into BANNING Petrol car imports by 2035.
Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter ordered an investigation into a total ban on petrol car imports by 2035 among a range of options to reduce emissions in the national transport fleet.
An array of documents, including an excerpt from a draft cabinet paper from April last year, reveal Genter instructed officials to work on the policy, before scrapping the plan.
But National says the fact the plan was even worked on was “irresponsible”.
A Ministry of Transport (MoT) report from September last year showed officials had been instructed to “progress an initiative to regulate an end-date of 2035 to the import of light vehicles that are unable to be driven without fossil-fuels”.
In other words, Genter wanted to ban the import of all cars which still use petrol by 2035.
[…] MoT officials progressed work and presented a report in October last year titled “Ban on Importing Light Vehicles Powered by Fossil Fuels; Preliminary Cost-Benefit Analysis”.
This report looked into the pros and cons of such a ban.
But, due to the “lack of information, time and resources”, the cost-benefit analysis was not able to take a number of key issues into consideration.
For example, how such a ban would affect EVs was not looked into, nor was the impacts on electricity prices and the road safety impacts of changing New Zealand’s vehicle fleet so dramatically.
The report said the main benefit for consumers would be the saving people would make when it comes to not having to buy petrol.
[…] Genter’s proposal was never taken to Cabinet – “it was rejected and ruled out”.
National transport spokesman Chris Bishop said the fact a Cabinet paper was produced showed she was working behind closed doors to change the law.
“Reducing emissions from our vehicle fleet is an important step in the fight against climate change.
“But it would be irresponsible to make petrol cars illegal so soon without a solid plan to help people into electric vehicles,” he said.
NZ Herald
