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It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars | automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric [Edit: Strong indications this is unreliable] (electrek.co)
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Edit: It's looking like this wasn't reliably reported

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That wouldn't work, there are zillions of existing ICE cars there already in use. They aren't banning ICE cars that are already there, just banning importation of new ones

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Not to mention non-street legal ICE engines, like generators, water pumps or ag equipment. We should be pursing less reliance on fossil fuels, but in the correct order. More EVs means more need for reliable power infrastructure. Then we wouldn't need generators, irrigation pumps become easier to run from electricity and tractors can be migrated to EV or fueled by biofuels(biogas or biodiesel) to fill the gap.