Britain getting Screwed

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I understand that your Government wants to do away with the Traditional Vehicle.
They want you all to go to a Hybrid or all electric.
I'd like to see a Hybrid or Electric Tractor Trailer pull 80,000 pounds!

New diesel and petrol cars banned from UK roads by 2040, as Government unveils new pollution tax on drivers in busiest areas

Really? Your air that bad?
Besides, new Diesel engines are less polluting that Gas engines.

Diesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face new pollution taxes under Government plans which will ultimately herald the end of the traditional car.

Ministers have identified 81 major roads in 17 towns and cities where urgent action is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people's health at risk.

The Government will also commit to banning the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 in a bid to encourage people to switch to electric and hybrid vehicles.

The air quality strategy urges local authorities to first try to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, changing road layouts and removing speed humps.

However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be allowed to impose tough restrictions on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as 2020 to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.

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You know, we own a 2007 Dodge Ram 4 Wheel Drive 2500 (3/4 ton) 6.7 Cummings Diesel to pull our 28 ft. Fifth Wheel Camper.
Here in Arizona we have to go every year to the County Emissions Testing station and have our truck tested for Smog to renew our Plates.
The guys there just shake their heads, they'll tell you, any 2003 and Newer Diesel Burns Cleaner than a Gas Engine.
BUT,,,,, the local politicians got the passed and get that extra $28. per year per vehicle and they have that spent on their pet projects and won't let it go away.

Modern diesel cars emit less pollution generally than cars that run on gasoline, says a new six-nation study published today in Scientific Reports whose groundwork was laid in part by an American chemist now working at Université de Montréal.


And since diesel is so much cleaner than before, environmental regulators should increasingly shift their focus to dirtier gasoline-powered cars and other sources of air pollution, says the UdeM scientist, Patrick Hayes.

"Diesel has a bad reputation because you can see the pollution, but it's actually the invisible pollution that comes from gasoline in cars that's worse," said Hayes, 36, an assistant professor at UdeM."

The next step should be to focus on gasoline or removing old diesel vehicles from the road. Modern diesel vehicles have adopted new standards and are now very clean, so attention needs to now turn to regulating on-road and off-road gasoline engines more. That's really the next target."
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