Following
the mayors of Venice, the authorities
Amsterdam, in an effort to tackle
air pollution, they have decided
to restrict the use of boats and motorboats with internal combustion engines.
internal combustion engines.
True, unlike «the pearl of» Adriatic,
in the Dutch capital, petrol and
diesel-powered pleasure boats are only allowed in the
central part of the city.
As
according to the mayor's office, the ban will take effect
by 2025.
According to
preliminary calculations innovation
will affect several thousand owners
of recreational vessels that ply the developed canal network.
The boats
and boats are not the first victims of the Dutch
environmentalists. For example, diesel-powered
cars manufactured before 2005
will be outlawed on the streets of Amsterdam
as early as this year. Buses with internal combustion engines will disappear
from the heart of the city in 2022, scooters.
and pleasure boats in 2025. By 2030, the city will get rid of any vehicles
gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.
Some have taken the NEWS without optimism: at the RAI
Association, a lobbying
an auto industry lobbying group,
called the policy «strange».
There is not much in the way of converting all boats, as well as cars and motor vehicles, to electricity, but it will not be affordable to everyone. And you need to work on your infrastructure: by 2025 there will need to be as many as 16,000 to 23,000 charging stations in Amsterdam (vs. 3,000 today). Only then will the project be viable.
National
HISWA yachting association is also
is concerned about the possible side
effects of the new law. General
HISWA CEO GeertDijks
(Geert Dijks) is trying to negotiate some
concessions from the department
that would mitigate the economic
economic impact on the people involved
category of people, while continuing to do the best it can to ensure that the document only applies to canal sections around the centre.
The authorities themselves
say their initiative is fully justified because pollution
pollution reduces the life expectancy
life expectancy of Amsterdam residents by about a year.
«Pollution is a silent killer and one of the biggest hazards to health of Amsterdam's residents», said a member of the local municipality. Sharon Dijksma . Dijksma.)
It should be noted that Maastrichtand Rotterdam are two other major Dutch cities that, like Amsterdam, are literally choking on exhaust fumes.
