UFPR 2018 – Questão 76

Linguagens / Inglês
Britain bans gasoline and diesel cars
starting  in 2040
 
Britain will ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2040 as part of a bid to clean up the country's air. The decision to phase out the internal combustion engine heralds a new era of low-emission technologies with major implications for the auto industry, society and the environment "We can't carry on with d ese and petrol cars". U.K. environment secretary Michael Gove told the BBC on Wednesday. There is no ahemative to embracing new technology" Almost 2.7 million new cars were registered in the U.K. m 2016, making it the second biggest market m Europe after Germany.
Meeting the 2040 deadline will be a heavy lift British demand for electnc and fuel cell cars, as well as plug-in hybrids, grew 40% in 2015, but they only accounted for less than 3% of the market. Still, experts say sales of clean cars are likely to continue on their dramatic upward trajectory.
The car industry says that demand for electric vehicles will only reach a tipping point once they're cheaper to own than conventional vehicles.
The deadline was announced by the government on Wednesday as part of a plan to reduce air pollution. The blueprint highlighted roughly £1.4 billion m government investment designed to help ensure that every vehicle on the road m Britain produces zero emissions by 2050.
Gove said action was needed because gasoline and diesel engines contribute to health problems, "accelerate climate change, do damage to the planet and the next generation". Roughly 40.000 deaths in Britain each year are attributable to outdoor air pollution, according to a study published last year by the Royal College of Physicians Dirty air has been linked to cancer, asthma, stroke and heart disease, among other health issues
The problem is especially pronounced in big cities London surpassed the European Union's annual limit for nitrogen dioxide exposure just five days into the new year, according to King's College. The university estimates that air pollution is responsible for 9.400 premature deaths m the city every year
The timeline for ending sales of internal combustion engines mirrors one proposed m early July by France President Emmanuel Macron has given the auto industry the same deadline to make the switch to cleaner tech
"We are quite rightly in a position of global leadership when it comes to shaping new technology". Gove said. But the auto industry, which supports over 800.000 jobs in the U.K.. is wary of hard deadlines
Other countries have been even more ambitious than the U.K. India is planning to stop selling gas-powered vehicles by 2030.
The German car industry and government officials wil meet in early August to discuss the future of diesel engine technology. Manufacturers are trying to avoid diesel cars being banned from German towns and cities.
(Disponível: <http:<7money.cnn.com.'2017/07/25 news uk-bans-gasoline-diesel-engines-2040.indexhtm> Adaptado Acesso: 28 de julho de 2017.)
Consider the following numbers:
1. 2.7 million new clean energy cars were registered in the U.K. in 2018.
2. 40,000 of British deaths yearly are said to be caused by pollution related diseases.
3. Car industry in Britain is cautious about having specific dates for banning internal combustion energy because it supports over 800.000 jobs in the UK.
Mark the correct alternative.
a) Only affirmative 3 is correct.
b) Only affirmatives 1 and 2 are correct.
c) Only affirmatives 1 and 3 are correct.
d) Only affirmatives 2 and 3 are correct.
e) Affirmatives 1, 2 and 3 are correct.

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