In some countries it is. Everywhere else refers to internal combustion engines, which also would complicate getting around if abolished. On the other hand, nobody is proposing a ban on outboard motors for cars so there might be a market for those, I suppose.
No, it evidently does not. It’s a relative niche initialism so most people not from those 5 or so countries are not familiar with it.
Many more however are familiar with the controversial US agency with the same initialism. Which is the subject of this discussion and more discussions in this community than internal combustion engines.
In fact I should have pointed out that ICE may refer to internal combustion engines in the five or so countries where English is the dominant language sans the US where it refers to the agency of Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
In some countries it is. Everywhere else refers to internal combustion engines, which also would complicate getting around if abolished. On the other hand, nobody is proposing a ban on outboard motors for cars so there might be a market for those, I suppose.
Outboard motors are still internal combustion engines. What we need are steam engines powered by coal fires under the boilers.
By everywhere else you mean like 5 countries where English is a dominant language, right?
And ones where we’re currently speaking English because we’re in an English-speaking online community.
No, it evidently does not. It’s a relative niche initialism so most people not from those 5 or so countries are not familiar with it.
Many more however are familiar with the controversial US agency with the same initialism. Which is the subject of this discussion and more discussions in this community than internal combustion engines.
In fact I should have pointed out that ICE may refer to internal combustion engines in the five or so countries where English is the dominant language sans the US where it refers to the agency of Immigration & Customs Enforcement.