combustion

At the Court of Session in Edinburgh Chris Pirie KC, for the government, accepted that assessments did not include “the effects on climate of the combustion of oil and gas to be extracted from the fields.”

“Electric vehicles are statistically less likely to catch fire spontaneously than an internal combustion engine vehicle.”

You can read that as a fluke, a demonstration of climate change or a metaphor: What had unfolded over the previous night and into early Wednesday morning was certainly a form of explosive combustion.

The Dutchman’s Red Bull team have fitted a new internal combustion engine, and Verstappen had already exceeded his allocation for the year.

That said, Harris has not called for the eventual elimination of internal combustion vehicles despite such plans in 12 states.