Agreed. It's not in the interests of the environment to scrap new cars.

For the benefit of any bystanders who didn't follow the link, the ban will prevent the sale of new ICE cars in the UK; it won't ban the use of ICE cars that already exist.

@anon_opin

Just banning ICE vehicles would create so much waste when they could still be useful for a few years longer.

I think there'll be an avalanche effect, at least in the UK.

After new petrol and diesel cars stop being sold in a few years' time, filling stations will slowly start closing or transitioning away from fossil fuels in favour of EV chargers. With fewer ICE drivers on the roads, there'll be fewer economies of scale, and petrol and diesel prices will rise. ICE cars will become more inconvenient and more expensive to drive, and that'll make EVs comparatively more attractive, accelerating the shift from fossil fuels to electricity. Each driver who makes the shift will make it harder for the remaining ICE drivers to cling on.

Promote electric vehicles, stop selling new ICE ones (except for valid reasons?), and let the market do the rest.