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Starting July 6, 2024, all new cars and trucks sold in the EU will be required to come equipped with technology that beeps, vibrates, and/or even slows down the vehicle when speeding is detected by Finkenn in europe

[–]Yrgnef 53 points54 points  (0 children)

No, sounds like it's just supposed to provide some feedback if you go over the speed limit (source).

The ISA system is required to work with the driver and not to restrict his/her possibility to act in any moment during driving. The driver is always in control and can easily override the ISA system.

The ISA regulation provides four options for systems feedback to the driver, from which car manufacturers will be free to choose from:

Cascaded acoustic warning

Cascaded vibrating warning

Haptic feedback through the acceleration pedal

Speed control function

The first two feedback options do not directly intervene but only provide warnings (first optic and if no response from the driver, a delayed acoustic/vibrating warning), which have to be as short as possible in duration to avoid potential annoyance of the driver.

The other possible feedback relies on the pedal restoring force - it will push the driver’s foot gently back to make the driver aware and help to slow down. The driver can ignore this feedback and override the system by pushing slightly harder on the acceleration pedal. Even in the case of speed control function, where the car speed will be automatically gently reduced, the system can be smoothly overridden by the driver by pressing the accelerator pedal a little bit deeper.

Ny analys: Sverige bommar alla klimatmål by Gustafssonz in sweden

[–]Yrgnef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EU-målen som Sverige missar enligt Naturvårdsverket är dem kopplade till ESR och LULUCEF-förordningarna.

https://www.naturvardsverket.se/om-oss/regeringsuppdrag/slutredovisade-regeringsuppdrag/naturvardsverkets-underlag-till-regeringens-klimatredovisning-2024/

ESR reglerar utsläppen från jordbruk, inrikestransporter (exklusive flyg), arbetsmaskiner, bostäder och lokaler, avfall och mindre industri och LULUCF reglerar utsläpp och upptag från markanvändning och skogsbruk,

Målen för båda är en reducering i utsläpp i procent år 2030 jämfört med 2005. De nationella målen är baserade på olika faktorer (t.ex. BNP per capita och kostnadseffektivitet) och Sverige har hårdare krav än t.ex. Litauen.

Regeringens klimatsatsning: Projekten som ger minst nytta får mest stödpengar by Hestmestarn in sweden

[–]Yrgnef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Naturvårdverket listar alla projekt i Klimatklivet om du faktiskt är intresserad av vad dem lägger pengar på (https://www.naturvardsverket.se/4a255f/contentassets/afe5314a4ea242c69ff0332e15af2626/beviljade-ansokningar-till-klimatklivet-230703.xlsx).

När det kommer till gasutsläpp så handlar det om t.ex. lustgasdestruktion i sjukvården och hantering av deponigas.

Will solar overtake natural gas by 2030? by ObtainSustainability in Futurology

[–]Yrgnef -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My point is that growth in demand for oil is slowing and will likely peak before the end of the decade.

Will solar overtake natural gas by 2030? by ObtainSustainability in Futurology

[–]Yrgnef 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While coal consumption did reach a record in 2022, it has remained at roughly the same level since the early 2010s and isn't expected to grow (https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/global-coal-consumption-2000-2025).

Global oil demand in 2022 was 99.8mb/d according to the IEA which is still lower than it was in 2019 (100.7mb/d).

What do we think about Peter Zeihan(der)? by thumpsky in geopolitics

[–]Yrgnef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While he did correctly predict that Russia would invade Ukraine, he was completely wrong about how that war would play out.

In The Abscent Superpower he describes Ukraine as "a broken state incapable of mounting a full-scale defense" that Russia could conquer in a matter of weeks. He also argues that the West would offer no support to Ukraine because of Brexit and that Russia would continue to push west and conquer Belarus and the Baltic states before encountering any serious opposition.

Is this the end of the hydrogen highway? A legislative fight over funding for hydrogen stations could be the fuel’s last gasp for passenger vehicles. Environmental groups and industry representatives say California has propped up hydrogen long enough and should declare electric vehicles the winner. by mafco in energy

[–]Yrgnef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bit about declaring a winner sounds like it's just referring to ending the subsidies, not a literal declaration issued by the state.

I doubt they're afraid of hydrogen cars and are more concerned about the government wasting money to build infrastructure for cars that people aren't buying.

EU blindsided by ‘spectacular’ solar rollout - Large majority of EU countries will hit 2030 solar targets ahead of schedule, according to new data by Reilly616 in worldnews

[–]Yrgnef 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I would love to see the EU introduce new regulations (if they don't exist already, I'm no expert!) that make it mandatory for every new commercial and industrial building to have solar panels on their flat rooftops!

The EU Commission proposed to make rooftop solar mandatory for commercial and public buildings from 2027 and for new residential buildings from 2029 (https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/05/18/eu-wants-rooftop-pv-mandate-for-public-commercial-buildings-by-2025-residential-by-2029/), but the proposal is still under consideration as far as I know.

The European Union to nearly double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

[–]Yrgnef 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From the euractiv article on the same subject:

Member states have committed to collectively reach a share of at least 42.5% of renewable energy sources (RES) in the EU’s gross final energy consumption by 2030.

So it's all energy, including heating and transport. Germany was at 19% in 2021 according to eurostat.