Had science won that debate, our energy landscape, our carbon footprint and looming fines, might be very different. The same welcome-tinged-with-doubt greets many of the belated steps taken to try to minimise climate change. Electric cars, or at least some hybrid cars, face that uncertainty. At this 11th-hour, objective guidance on electric or hybrid cars is urgent, especially as the EU hopes there will be 30m electric cars on Europe’s roads this decade. Those issues, electric cars, and the critical threat to pollinating insects come together in a novel way.

Source: Irish Examiner May 29, 2021 07:31 UTC