The German professor Gregor Bachmann, who works at the Humboldt University in Berlin, believes that petrol prices must rise to save the climate.
On He writes on Twitter that fuel prices increase considerably, but not enough. Bachmann himself believes that the price should be over 100 euros per litre, over 1100 Norwegian kroner at today’s exchange rate, for people to start considering whether they can manage without a car.
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Prices must go up
Opposite German Bild elaborates the professor:
– If you want to protect the climate via taxation on CO₂, many things will become expensive, and people without a lot of money will no longer be able to buy the same things. Unfortunately, that is the price you have to pay to protect the climate.
– Those with the least money will no longer be able to buy a car. It must be painful to drive if we want people to switch to public transport that is more CO₂-friendly.
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According to him himself, most people who have a car do not need their own car.
– Those who say they are dependent on a car are not, in reality. They just drive because it’s convenient. There are also buses and trains in the countryside. Maybe not every five minutes, but that’s also the price you pay for living in the countryside, he tells Bild.
He himself lives 14 kilometers away from his workplace, which he cycles to. At the same time, he owns an electric car.
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Not surprisingly, the professor faces a lot of opposition on Twitter.
– When my children are at school or kindergarten and I work 10 kilometers away, I can’t just call and say “can you wait an extra 2 hours and then I’ll come and pick them up?”.
Another writes that an increase in fuel prices will also affect train and bus prices.
– Housing costs will also increase. This proposal does not seem very well thought out.
At the same time, he also receives support:
– I agree. City traffic in particular will improve, writes one of the many who have commented on the professor’s Twitter post.
2023-08-01 16:24:59
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