Michael, as we all know a week is a long time in politics, never mind 14 years. Will the politics or logistics of 2035 allow such a measure, who knows. Not forgetting Cop26 is hosted in Glasgow in the next week or so. The hosting government, that's the UK, not Scotlands rabble need to make the right noises.I have my doubts about all these various government pronouncements that only electric vehicles (of various kinds) will be permitted after 2035, or 2050, or 2200, or whenever.
It's really easy for any government to "virtual-signal" today and gain public approval points by making such pronouncements, but it remains to be seen whether or not such bans on petrol-powered vehicles ever come to pass. I'm pretty sure that if electrical distribution networks begin to suffer from the load created by vast numbers of electric cars being charged up overnight, or someone discovers that end-of-life electric car batteries are worse than nuclear waste, all these noble government promises will be quickly forgotten, or dates deferred, etc.
As for the UK - the government there has demonstrated over the past 2 years that they could f'ck up the Lord's Prayer... witness the COVID statistics, the shortage of truck drivers, the Northern Ireland customs mess, etc. I think that they are just trying to score some goody two-shoes points and deflect attention away from today's catastrophes of their own making with the petrol car ban announcement.
Michael
PS: Once the government realizes how much tax revenue they are going to lose from fuel taxes, they might think twice about banning internal combustion engines.
Even gas central heating has been banned from 2035, no one's quite sure what that means in reality and houses are still being built and will continue to be built with natural gas powered boilers.
In short, it's madness, as mad as Mad Jock McMadd, the winner of last year's Mr.Mad competition.
Upt'North.