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Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
So if diesel is really so bad, why are they not increasing the tax on diesel and cutting the tax on petrol at the pumps nationwide? Diesels are generally significantly more efficient; the only way to get people back to cleaner greener petrol is to make it cheaper overall.
Crazy idea; why not encourage LPG instead seeing as that's pretty clean?
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Jihad on Diesel
BBC News - Diesel cars 'face £10 charge for driving into central London'
Plans to charge drivers of diesel cars £10 to drive into central London are being considered, it has been reported.
The levy would be on top of the current £10 congestion charge for driving into the centre of the capital.
The Times also says London Mayor Boris Johnson wants the new Ultra Low Emission Zone to be introduced by 2020.
The paper says the mayor will lobby the government to increase road tax on diesel cars to encourage motorists to move to cleaner vehicles.
Only diesel vehicles meeting the Euro 6 emissions standard will be exempt, while petrol cars registered before 2006 will also have to pay.
This is a perfect example of how the obsession with climate change has set back more genuine environmental issues.
RAC Foundation director Professor Stephen Glaister said: "This isn't quite a mis-selling scandal, but for years ministers took their eye off the ball and encouraged drivers to buy diesels to help fight climate change.
That has come at a cost: local air pollution. Today 10 million cars in Britain are powered by diesel engines - a third of the total.
Government figures showed long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to more than 28,000 deaths across the UK in 2010.
And in February, it was reported that pollution near Buckingham Palace is the worst in the UK and almost four times the EU legal limit.
So if diesel is really so bad, why are they not increasing the tax on diesel and cutting the tax on petrol at the pumps nationwide? Diesels are generally significantly more efficient; the only way to get people back to cleaner greener petrol is to make it cheaper overall.Tags: None
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