> you go to IKEA and they tell you that the court ordered them to stop selling so much wooden furniture, so no more shelves for you
They’d either tell me they’re not selling wooden shelves anymore and offer me an alternative or lose my business to someone who does. This is happening to car makers.
> I'm not sure people would accept that. I'm very, very cynical about this ruling.
Change takes a bit of time to get used to, especially if it’s abrupt. Necessary (i. e. without an alternative) things going away or becoming more expensive is unpopular (and some people just irrationally rage at any new responsibility affecting them), but subsidies a free market & regulation are quite efficient at creating those.
Your assumption is flawed.
> you go to IKEA and they tell you that the court ordered them to stop selling so much wooden furniture, so no more shelves for you
They’d either tell me they’re not selling wooden shelves anymore and offer me an alternative or lose my business to someone who does. This is happening to car makers.
> I'm not sure people would accept that. I'm very, very cynical about this ruling.
Change takes a bit of time to get used to, especially if it’s abrupt. Necessary (i. e. without an alternative) things going away or becoming more expensive is unpopular (and some people just irrationally rage at any new responsibility affecting them), but subsidies a free market & regulation are quite efficient at creating those.