EU approves ban on petrol cars by 2035, luxury cars exempt

The European Union Wednesday approved new climate measures which including banning the sale of carbon-emitting cars by 2035, including those that run on petrol and diesel fuel. Environmental ministers from the bloc’s 27 member states agreed to the move in a bid to become carbon neutral by 2050. 

The agreement would de facto force the continent to switch to electric vehicles, a forced transition already begun by the Biden administration.  

"EU member states have voted with an overwhelming majority that starting from 2035, only cars and light commercial vehicles will be permitted that do not emit CO2," German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said according to DW. 

However, a clause in the agreement exempts carmakers who make less than 10,000 cars a year from the ban – including luxury cars affordable only to the elite, such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Bugatti, and others. 

The European Council was also expected to impose a fuel tax on the aviation industry while exempting private charter flights, as reported last year. Following pushback, Wednesday's agreement places no fuel tax on international flights outside the EU or within one member state. 

Many have pointed out that Joe Biden’s energy policies, which intentionally blocked domestic oil production, seem intentionally designed to raise gas prices, paving the way for electric vehicles.   

On his first day in office, Biden shut down the Keystone XL oil pipeline and began levying heavy restrictions on domestic oil producers. While the U.S. was still purchasing over 600,000 barrels a day from Russia, Biden ended that too by banning Russian oil, coal and liquified natural gas.  

When gas prices jumped to record highs, the Biden administration told Americans to buy electric cars. And indeed, a November Cars.com report showed that over two-thirds of Americans would consider switching to an electric vehicle if gas prices continue to rise.  

In May, legislation was introduced that would grant Biden emergency powers to force the private sector to manufacture clean energy products.  

The fact that the current White House occupant is all-in for the World Economic Forum’s globalist environmental agenda only adds precious fuel to the fire.  

As reported by Frontline News, Joe Biden appeared to unwittingly reveal Monday that skyrocketing gas prices are part of a “transition” to a world with less fossil fuels, a theory that was discarded as conspiracy until now.   

“And when it comes to the gas prices,” Biden said in response to a reporter in Tokyo, “we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over.”    

But on Tuesday, Energy Secretary Granholm denied that the sky-high gas prices are intended to force a transition to an environmental agenda.  

“That is absolutely false,” Granholm said in response to a reporter. She claimed that the Biden administration understands that the country is not ready to transition yet, and is working to increase supply “today, to bring prices down, [and] to stabilize supply and demand.”  

However, in the same press conference, Granholm said that surging gas prices are an “exclamation point” that Americans need to transition to renewable energy.