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So then, why is SA pushing more gas cars in the first place? That’s already what’s there - and given that many of these ICE cars are older imports with worse fuel economy, why try to replace them with newer ICE cars that might have to meet tighter emissions regulations and ultimately burn less fuel?
International politics are against Africans getting used cars. See, for example, the UN Project of Safer and Cleaner Used Vehicles for Africa, which aims to prevent the import of vehicles more than 5 years old to Africa.
Well thats some delusional shit right there. Im all for the environment, but strategies like that are doomed to fail on premise and if implemented could cause great harm to the african transport culture and thus effect the livelihood of the people.
Reason: they dont have the equipment or support to maintain such cars. For cheap cars that are imported even direct injection diesels are found to be undesirable, atleast going by the importers “buying” -ads on Facebook. Ffs
So much international environmental action translates into blocking developing nations from following the same path developed nations did, but you don’t see developed nations paying for alternative more difficult and untested paths.
Giving Africa cheaper cars is better for Africa. If anyone wants anything else they should put their money where their mouth is.
Really good point! I appreciate you linking that policy memo, I had never seen that!
That being said, I agree with another commenter that this policy seems to be demanding unreasonably expensive standards for cars on areas that have been making very clear which types of vehicles they prefer (that is, ones they can afford to purchase and maintain within their region/community). But this behavior is not new among Western countries - we sure love telling developing countries that they can’t use the low-cost, high-polluting tech we were using 50 years ago to jumpstart our own modern economies.
International politics are against Africans getting used cars. See, for example, the UN Project of Safer and Cleaner Used Vehicles for Africa, which aims to prevent the import of vehicles more than 5 years old to Africa.
Well thats some delusional shit right there. Im all for the environment, but strategies like that are doomed to fail on premise and if implemented could cause great harm to the african transport culture and thus effect the livelihood of the people.
Reason: they dont have the equipment or support to maintain such cars. For cheap cars that are imported even direct injection diesels are found to be undesirable, atleast going by the importers “buying” -ads on Facebook. Ffs
So much international environmental action translates into blocking developing nations from following the same path developed nations did, but you don’t see developed nations paying for alternative more difficult and untested paths.
Giving Africa cheaper cars is better for Africa. If anyone wants anything else they should put their money where their mouth is.
Really good point! I appreciate you linking that policy memo, I had never seen that!
That being said, I agree with another commenter that this policy seems to be demanding unreasonably expensive standards for cars on areas that have been making very clear which types of vehicles they prefer (that is, ones they can afford to purchase and maintain within their region/community). But this behavior is not new among Western countries - we sure love telling developing countries that they can’t use the low-cost, high-polluting tech we were using 50 years ago to jumpstart our own modern economies.