Germany intervenes EU postpones petrol and diesel ban

Objecting to the preliminary decision of the European Parliament, Germany indefinitely postponed the vote to be held on Tuesday, March 7.

In the draft prepared by Germany, the adoption of this system, if this system exists in the cars to be registered, with the transition to “e-Fuel” in sectors that are difficult to convert to electricity, with vehicles such as “trucks, TIR, planes , boats,” he suggested.

Germany, which insisted that it is possible to register all internal combustion engines if they run on e-Fuel, supported the “internal combustion engine registration ban”, which was scheduled to be introduced in 2035, when Italy supported it.

WHAT IS E-FUEL, HOW DOES IT WORK?

“e-Fuel”, which is the theme of Germany’s debut, is a kind of synthetic fuel. Water (H2O) breaks down into hydrogen using green energy (electricity).

An artificially produced crude, which is converted into kerosene (jet fuel) or petroleum, is created with carbon dioxide (CO2) previously collected from the atmosphere.

These fuels do not emit harmful carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide to the environment. No matter how much it is used on planes or ships, no substances that harm nature come out.

The biggest problem here for now is that production needs a lot of green energy and vehicle efficiency drops by 30 to 40 percent. Efficiency turns into internal heat, not more power. More research is needed to overcome this.

CLIMATE PROTECTION HAS A BRAKE

With this proposal, Germany blocked a bill that was in the process of being ratified, while welcoming Italy, Poland and Bulgaria, who were opposed to a total ban on internal combustion engines.

The fact that Germany postponed “approval” by proposing an additional article in this way provoked a reaction from the Green Party and the opposition CDU. The Greens asserted that “Germany is the brake on climate protection.”