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> Mandate that all gas/petrol stations have at least two working fast chargers (i.e. Level 3 800V) by 2030 in exchange for a gas station operating license/permit and check them monthly.

That will just result in fewer gas stations. Most of them are already not profitable, and similar mandates that forced gas stations to pay out of pocket for new pumps (ethanol, biogas) have forced a lot of them to shut down in some countries.



Agree. This is proposal is for the top 1% first world countries (i.e. Nordic countries, California, etc.) where the full sale ICE bans are happening anyway - so in those cases, the alternative proposal is just as bad if not worse.


And in a world trying to minimize fossil fuel use, this is bad because...?




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