Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 5 months ago

It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars | automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric [Edit: Strong indications this is unreliable]

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It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars | automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric [Edit: Strong indications this is unreliable]

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 5 months ago

It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars

Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)

Edit: It’s looking like this wasn’t reliably reported

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They recently completed a huge hydro-electric dam and subsequently electricity supply at least in the capital improved quite a bit.

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