At 09:00 AM 11/09/2007, you wrote:
>Interesting attitude. This is like saying because I drive a 1960s US
>8l V8 that gets about 25l/100k, I should pay less tax to make up for
>my expensive choice of car.
>
>Europe has moved to a tax system based on emissions - the less fuel
>burnt, the fewer emissions in general, hence diesels score better.
>The result is the current crop of excellent diesels - BMW, Mercedes,
>VW/Audi, Citroen/Peugeot, Renault, Volvo and others all have diesels
>that are as powerful as similar capacity petrol engines, and use 30%
>less fuel to do the job.
>
>Surely any responsible politician (ok they all fail here) should be
>promoting more efficient cars, not taxing them to make them as
>expensive to run as the worst.
>
>
Diesel fuel has a significantly higher specific gravity than petrol
so when making volume comparisons it looks good. Less so on mass grounds.
As for emissions, I believe you can't sell a diesel car in California
right now because of emissions but we're talking NOx, CO and unburned
hydrocabons and other nasties, not CO2 which is an essential
atmospheric trace gas for life.
Mike
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