“The oil industry loves to say ‘sure, electric cars, but it’s not going to happen tomorrow, we’re not going to stop…

“The oil industry loves to say ‘sure, electric cars, but it’s not going to happen tomorrow, we’re not going to stop using oil tomorrow, so let’s build another pipeline,’” said Mark Jaccard, a professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University and an expert on climate policy.

“When a government says, ‘by 2040 no cars except zero emissions will be sold,’ that really signals to everybody that this is a fundamental shift.” #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2018/12/18/BC-Scrapped-Gas-Powered-Car/