Petrol and Diesel will only remain essential for personal use as long as we maintain the unnecessary use of cars that run on these fuels.
As we reduce the number of cars that households own, the practical need or requirement for the use of fossil fuels for vehicles that cannot be used efficiently or reliably using emerging technologies – such as buses, trains, agricultural vehicles, heavy goods and delivery vehicles, will quickly become a lot more sustainable than it currently is.
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