There is always discussion about a scrapping bonus for combustion engines. A new study shows: This could contribute to achieving the climate line.
According to a new study, a scrappage bonus for combustion cars could make a significant contribution to achieving climate goals – and be significantly cheaper compared to e-fuels. This emerges from the study by the environmental research association ICCT. The researchers also assume that a scrappage program can not only save more money compared to e-fuels, but also more CO2 – namely up to a third of the savings required in the transport sector by 2030.
Specifically, the scrapping program proposed in the study envisages decommissioning eight million cars. This could save up to 11 million tons of CO2 equivalents. With e-fuels, however, the so-called emission reduction potential is only up to 190,000 tons of CO2 equivalents.
At the same time, the scientists estimate the production costs for e-fuels produced in Germany – i.e. synthetic fuels from renewable energy – in 2030 at around 910 euros per ton of CO2 equivalents avoided. With a scrappage program, however, it is only 313 euros per ton for diesel vehicles and 255 euros for gasoline vehicles.
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) is an independent research organization. She helped uncover the VW emissions scandal in the USA in 2015. The focus of the current study is the question of what contribution a scrappage program can make to closing the existing gap in reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector.
Source: Stern
