keith
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I saw today the Transport Secretary, was talking about diesel cars. He said drivers should think carefully as to what car they buy, choosing low emissions vehicles if they were going to be driving in cities.
Of course the media jumps on this as another nail in the coffin for the 'dreaded' diesel! However before all the petrol engine owners sit back smugly, this is just the thin of the wedge. The new London 'T' charge applies to both older diesel and petrol vehicles.
The media I have no doubt will turn its attention to petrol in due course. Then when we are all converting to Electric, they will start to talk about the environmental effect of battery production, and the disaster further down the road when all these lithium ion packs start to die and need replacing with some kind of environmental effect accordingly.
Given that Euro VI diesels are about as clean as a petrol, this blanket press coverage on 'all' diesels is the typical load of garbage that the media use to get the readers attention and then subsequent revenue.
I could go on about the hypocrisy of all of this, but hopefully my points already are clear enough and will attract some additional comments.
Of course the media jumps on this as another nail in the coffin for the 'dreaded' diesel! However before all the petrol engine owners sit back smugly, this is just the thin of the wedge. The new London 'T' charge applies to both older diesel and petrol vehicles.
The media I have no doubt will turn its attention to petrol in due course. Then when we are all converting to Electric, they will start to talk about the environmental effect of battery production, and the disaster further down the road when all these lithium ion packs start to die and need replacing with some kind of environmental effect accordingly.
Given that Euro VI diesels are about as clean as a petrol, this blanket press coverage on 'all' diesels is the typical load of garbage that the media use to get the readers attention and then subsequent revenue.
I could go on about the hypocrisy of all of this, but hopefully my points already are clear enough and will attract some additional comments.