EU’s greenhouse emissions drop, but transport sector does not contribute
Europe in green hill
The European Environmental Agency reported a historic drop in the EU’s greenhouse emissions. “The data confirms a 30-year downward trend which led to the EU achieving its 2020 target to reduce emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels”, said the agency. However, it stressed that the European transport sector is the only one that hasn’t reduced its emissions at all and called for a swift shift from road transport to other modes like rail.
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Regrettably and not surprisingly, the requested, a shift from road to railways will not be seen, until quality of service rendered is equal, or better than at on road.
For cargo transports, for majority, the single available alternative on shore, is on road, up to 1000 km from port…
(Just a minority now can afford the luxury, of not caring about eta…)
Current, defensively, “restoring of original” is devastating, for all, but a minority, including shareholders at industry of road trucks….