23. UK Bans New Fossil Fuel Vehicles… by 2030 (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>On today’s episode we will look at the recent announcement that the UK will ban all new fossil fuel powered vehicles by 2030! As part of the UK’s “green industrial revolution”, people will be encouraged to move to electric cars instead of petrol or diesel powered ones. What else is part of the “green new deal”?&nbsp; Does it go far enough? We’ll look at these questions and more in this episode of Thinking in English!</strong></p> <p><strong>Transcript!! - </strong><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/?p=373" rel="external noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2020/11/19/<strong>uk-bans-new-fossil-fuel-vehicles-by-2030</strong>/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Contact Us!!!</strong></p> <p><strong>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/"><strong>https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p> <p><strong>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</strong></p> <p><strong>Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog</strong></p> <p><strong>Gmail - thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></p> <p><strong>fossil fuel (n) - fuels, such as gas, coal, and oil, that were formed underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago</strong></p> <p><em>Many governments around the world are trying to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources</em></p> <p><strong>hybrid (n) - something that is a mixture of two very different things. So, a hybrid vehicle is a vehicle with an engine that used both petrol and another type of energy, usually electricity</strong></p> <p><em>Most car manufactures now offer hybrids</em></p> <p><strong>pole position (n) - the leading or best possible position</strong></p> <p><em>The supermarket chain is aiming to gain pole position in chosen markets</em></p> <p><strong>famine (n) - a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death</strong></p> <p><em>Another crop fai