What planet are these muppets on?

[snapper]

Owners of diesel vehicles to be charged extra £8 a month for parking

Islington Council have decided to charge diesel car owners 100 quid a year for the privilege of parking outside their own homes... And to think people actually vote these muppets in!

And no, shock horror etc etc Islington London Borough Council arent controlled by the Green Party although with 47 Labour councillors and a single Green councillor with ideas like this you would wonder. Maybe the estimated 9000 diesel cars in the Borough each getting slam-dunked with a 100 quid charge and the resulting 900000 quid was more in their minds....

[hipo1024]

But diesel is cleaner than petrol? Ok so you get soot but soot particles are relatively big so drop to the ground rather than being airborne, especially in this country where it rains alot and washes the soot away. A quick Google search backs up what I thought about diesels being cleaner and better for the environment. I think it's just a money making scheme.

I don't understand why the UK hates diesels so much, in Europe diesel is usually cheaper than petrol to buy, mainly because city diesel is mostly a by-product of making petrol so doesn't cost much to actually make. So upside down

[2much]

Surely something of an oxymoron in this story?!

Supposed to be about reducing pollution (what with diesel being the new enemy) and yet they want to charge people extra when the vehicle is PARKED and therefore making no pollution

Still best to ignore yet another scare story from the Mail about UK going to the dogs at the hands of a Labour council -as ever too much reliance on "proposed" / "sources reveal" etc to ever be good and accurate journalism

[DarrenH_2.2]

the trouble with london and the environmental issues, they think london is the environment.

i know we are just playing devils advocate and you dont need me to tell you this, but its been the same since the 1950s and the clean air act. its about physical solid pollution, peoples health at street level, not about greenhouse gases or anything that matters in regards global warming

[DarrenH_2.2]

[RatCav]

Daily Fail tsk tsk ... why do people still keep reading their stuff. Our equivalent to Fox News.

This is probably a reaction to the government/EU stating a few months ago that they now regret pushing for diesel cars to be the norm.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/new ... ution.html

[ghosthunter]

the problem is that diesel engines produce 4 times more nitrogen dioxide than petrol engines of the same size and its this they reckon screws up little jonnies brain. Of course it could be a conspiracy to get you all into diesels and when done fleece the lot of you!....my own opinion is that it should have stayed in tractors, lorries and taxis........after all if a lighted match goes out if dropped on it....say no more
GASOLINE ALL THE WAY though i expect in a few years it will all change again and it will be petrols turn

[DarrenH_2.2]

hydrogen more like, still same answer though as easily convert a petrol engine