Car troubles in Singapore

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Tesla Unplugged: In Singapore, It’s Just Another Unwelcome Car

 

 

Around the world, Tesla Inc. is a welcome symbol of what can happen when high-tech meets the global need for sustainable, electrified transportation. Everywhere, that is, except Singapore.

Last week, in an interview with Bloomberg News, Masagos Zulkifli, Singapore's minister for water and environment resources, dismissed the company and its founder, Elon Musk, outright. “What Elon Musk wants to produce is a lifestyle,” Zulkifli said. “We are not interested in a lifestyle. We are interested in proper solutions that will address climate problems.”

Coming from another government, that might sound petty and short-sighted. But Singapore's government has spent decades questioning whether personal vehicle ownership makes sense from both an environmental and quality-of-life standpoint. The answer, dating back to the 1970s, involves stringent restrictions on car ownership and ongoing investments in mass transit. Questioning whether a high-end electric vehicle brand like Tesla fits into that vision is not only appropriate, but should serve as an example to other crowded cities contemplating how to manage the future of transportation.

Few places on Earth feel the impact of the automobile quite so keenly as Singapore. Car ownership rates are low - around 11%, compared to 80% in the United States - but that still amounts to nearly 1 million vehicles (600,000 of which are private and rental cars) packed into an island city-state half the size of Los Angeles. Roads account for at least 12% of the total land mass.

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-unplugged-singapore-just-another-230011093.html

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At last sounds like someone actually gets it ! In my view the best thing for the environment..higher oil prices !

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1 minute ago, Auson said:

At last sounds like someone actually gets it ! In my view the best thing for the environment..higher oil prices !

Higher oil price, lead to higher everything else prices and not too long after that economies around the globe start crashing.

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2 hours ago, ceo_energemsier said:

Higher oil price, lead to higher everything else prices and not too long after that economies around the globe start crashing.

ceo_energemsier.

Surely not at $75 Brent ? Or even $85 ?