here in india too diesel is about 18-20 per cent cheaper than petrol and though diesel cars cost a little more initially, they are cheaper in the long run and so sell quite a bit more. given that our cities were not built for cars and that pollution/green laws are hardly enforced, it is an environmental disaster that is already unfolding.
some cities have banned diesel engines older than ten years. new delhi, one of the worst affected cities, banned the sale of cars with diesel engines bigger than 2000cc but mercedes benz went to court recently and got the ban lifted though the court asked that a 1% (of the cost of the car) green tax be levied on sale of such cars. i personally believe that it is time all cars for a personal use are taxed out of the roads and the government build a well-thought out network of public transportation. but in a culture where cars are equated with 'development' i don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. ~subash On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 19:28:51 +0000 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38274792 > > Time to get rid of all of them from cities, diesel or otherwise > > On 10 Dec 2016, at 16:40, Ralf R Radermacher > <fotor...@gmx.de<mailto:fotor...@gmx.de>> wrote: > > Am 10.12.16 um 16:35 schrieb Bill: > A couple of months ago I spoiled myself in a major way and bought one > of the new Nissan Titan diesel trucks, equipped with a 5 liter turbo > Cummins engine. > > Later generations will look at us and our diesel cars like we do at > the Middle Ages when people threw the content their chamber pots out > into the street. > > European cities are so polluted by this diesel pest that we're having > an alarming rate of premature deaths through NOx and soot. > > We should have a law requiring that diesel cars have the exhaust led > to the front, so that their drivers see what they're doing to all of > us! > > Ralf > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
