Economist Warns Against Car Purchase Premiums, Urges Shift to Green Mobility
Renowned economist Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert has warned against the introduction of purchase premiums for cars for sale with internal combustion engines. She believes such measures hinder the transition to climate-friendly mobility.
Kemfert, a leading German economist and head of the Energy, Transport, Environment department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), stated that the transport sector has not yet significantly contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. She emphasized that the shift to cars not reliant on fossil fuels is inevitable.
She considered a purchase premium for cars for sale with internal combustion engines, even if limited to particularly efficient models, 'economically wrong'. Kemfert warned that such measures would delay the necessary transition to a more climate-friendly germany mobility sector. Instead, she called on politics to focus support measures on ensuring a transition to new, future-proof jobs.
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert, a prominent voice in German economics, has cautioned against purchase premiums for cars for sale with internal combustion engines. She argues that such measures impede the inevitable shift to cars not reliant on fossil fuels and urges political focus on creating new, sustainable jobs in the sector.
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