London to introduce £10 vehicle pollution charge, says mayor Sadiq Khan
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[quote]Older, more polluting cars will have to pay a £10 charge to drive in central London from 23 October, the city’s mayor has said.
Confirming he would press ahead with the fee, known as the T-charge, Sadiq Khan said: “It’s staggering that we live in a city where the air is so toxic that many of our children are growing up with lung problems. If we don’t make drastic changes now we won’t be protecting the health of our families in the future.
“That is why today, on the 14th anniversary of the start of the congestion charge, I’ve confirmed we are pressing ahead with the toughest emission standard of any major city, coming to our streets from 23 October.”
The announcement came after fresh warnings this week about the poor quality of London’s air.[/quote]
[url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/17/london-to-introduce-vehicle-pollution-charge-in-october-says-mayor-sadiq-khan[/url]
Why not use the money on Green Tech? rather than cycling and improving the transport system as that's the state or countries problem not the mayors.
[QUOTE=Sims_doc;51836236]Why not use the money on Green Tech? rather than cycling and improving the transport system as that's the state or countries problem not the mayors.[/QUOTE]
This is probably just another step to try and get people to switch from diesel vehicles to something cleaner. Not going to fix the whole problem but its something to push people into changing.
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;51836244]Snip-O[/QUOTE]
I know we had the same tax in Australia but it was more wider on industry and it did help to a degree but the money ultimately wasn't pushed into greener solutions and that gave the tax a bad image in the public's eye.
How much do we incentivize electric cars these days vs say, Norway?
"We want another reason to take money from you"
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;51836244]This is probably just another step to try and get people to switch from diesel vehicles to something cleaner. Not going to fix the whole problem but its something to push people into changing.[/QUOTE]
A similar thread was posted ealier this month in which i explained why this is not a good thing at all. Despite pollution being something we need to sort out.
Successive goverments essentially told people to buy diesel. Lower tax, concessions ect ect. Now it turns out Diesel is worse than a petrol car they're just gonna pull the rug out from underneath everyone.
Bought a diesel car in recent years? good luck on the resale value because no one wants them, and you sure as shit can't swap at a 1 for 1 ratio.
Simply put, they baited people in, and now they're fucking them over because they fucked up. But hey there's nothing new there.
Obviously this is not soley about diesel though, i should have pointed this out first. The thing is, what ever London does, everyone else eventually emulates. EV is not a suitable or viable alternative yet because we just havent invested in the infrastucture, they government knows this and as a result they know people are still gonna be using cars, it's easy money that does not fix the problem at all.I would argue that public transport is a viable alternative, but as a Londoner i'd be talking out my arse. It's late, overcrowded and a thorougly shit experience all round and expensive when they're not on strike.
Tax tax tax...
[QUOTE=ferrus;51836318]How much do we incentivize electric cars these days vs say, Norway?[/QUOTE]
Not that much compared to Norway. The charging infrastructure is fairly decent though. Really what we need is legislation to stop landlords from preventing people install home chargers. Maybe we should regulate charging providers cause it's getting a bit rediculous with all the apps and cards you might need. Not sure why they can't all just use contactless debit cards.
might as well use that money to find alternatives then
[QUOTE=Morgen;51836706]Not that much compared to Norway. The charging infrastructure is fairly decent though. Really what we need is legislation to stop landlords from preventing people install home chargers. Maybe we should regulate charging providers cause it's getting a bit rediculous with all the apps and cards you might need. Not sure why they can't all just use contactless debit cards.[/QUOTE]
No car tax is a pretty big incentive. I could do with not paying about £240 a year.
[QUOTE=Dominic0904;51836367]"We want another reason to take money from you"[/QUOTE]
Because the pollution levels aren't a totally serious problem that need to be dealt with? This is worth a shot, you'd be amazed what people are willing to do to save a tenner.
