My own point was that diesel car tax break was yet another case of a government policy which you can describe at best as having unintended consequences.
Some UK cities including London want to fine vehicles based on NOx levels which will hit diesel cars more than petrol cars.http://www.whatcar.com/news/older-diese ... in-london/
The UK government has changed it policy for new vehicles http://www.whatcar.com/advice/buying/ve ... d-to-know/ to make diesel vehicles less attractive but it is still focuses on CO2 levels not Nox levels.
Now if I could wave a magic wand and make all road vehicles pollution free I would do so, but until then is it too much to ask for the politicians to make up their minds about what type of vehicle they want people to buy.
Yes pure electric cars will satisfy everyone (as long as they cost under 40K to avoid the "driving while rich" tax - as mentioned in link above) but they are not yet ready to replace all cars.
Mark
Some UK cities including London want to fine vehicles based on NOx levels which will hit diesel cars more than petrol cars.http://www.whatcar.com/news/older-diese ... in-london/
The UK government has changed it policy for new vehicles http://www.whatcar.com/advice/buying/ve ... d-to-know/ to make diesel vehicles less attractive but it is still focuses on CO2 levels not Nox levels.
Now if I could wave a magic wand and make all road vehicles pollution free I would do so, but until then is it too much to ask for the politicians to make up their minds about what type of vehicle they want people to buy.
Yes pure electric cars will satisfy everyone (as long as they cost under 40K to avoid the "driving while rich" tax - as mentioned in link above) but they are not yet ready to replace all cars.
Mark