Net Zero
Gasoline Car Bans Show Why Market Forces Aren't Always Enough
Old habits and old technologies often find a way to stick around
Photographer: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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It’s been a strange year, so you’d be forgiven for missing an odd thing that happened in the U.K. last month. When Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leader of the Conservative Party, banned sales of new internal combustion engine cars from 2030, the decision was supported by the likes of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc and the Confederation of British Industry, a powerful business group.