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I'm confused.

There's more to pollution than CO2 (which isn't harmful to people at reasonable concentrations anyway - you breathe it out all the time; just a contributor to global warming).

Diesels owe some of their superior economy to lean burn, but that comes with higher emissions, particularly of nitrogen oxides, which is actively bad for you. There's a reason the recent emissions scandals in the US are about diesels.

If they're worried about cities, I'd start with all the commercial vehicles (busses in particular) chucking out visible soot, and legislate the old ones off the roads too.

It's been coming for a while.

WhoseGeneration wrote:http://fleetworld.co.uk/news/2016/Mar/Hike-road-tax-for-new-diesel-cars-to-improve-air-quality-says-think-tank/0434024142
I'm confused.

It's not just you. I remember some years ago reading a recommendation to buy diesel cars because diesel was the cleanest fuel. People considered diesel to be dirty because they could see blue/black smoke coming from the exhaust pipe, but unleaded petrol contains benzene which is colourless and odourless and - allegedly - far more harmful than anything in diesel.

It'll all change again in a couple of years' time.

I've always suspected this whole "certain fuel is better for your health" fiasco to be complete hogwash. I suspect the main reason they keep changing their minds is to keep up car sales, as people who follow the government's advice will chop and change their car every 2 - 3 years depending on what fuel type is best in the government's eyes at that moment.

I'd say just buy whatever you want.

TheInsanity1234 wrote:I've always suspected this whole "certain fuel is better for your health" fiasco to be complete hogwash. I suspect the main reason they keep changing their minds is to keep up car sales, as people who follow the government's advice will chop and change their car every 2 - 3 years depending on what fuel type is best in the government's eyes at that moment.

I'd say just buy whatever you want.

I'm not sure that's the reason. It's not just car fuel that the "experts" keep changing their mind on.

In the 1970s we were heading for an ice age - by the 1990s the same scientists were telling us the world was warming up.

Red wine is said by some experts to be good for heart health. Others deny this. I keep on with the red wine. If it's good for you, I live longer. If it's bad, I die with a smile on my face. Either way, I win!

onlinegenie wrote:Red wine is said by some experts to be good for heart health. Others deny this. I keep on with the red wine. If it's good for you, I live longer. If it's bad, I die with a smile on my face. Either way, I win!

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TheInsanity1234 wrote:I've always suspected this whole "certain fuel is better for your health" fiasco to be complete hogwash. I suspect the main reason they keep changing their minds is to keep up car sales, as people who follow the government's advice will chop and change their car every 2 - 3 years depending on what fuel type is best in the government's eyes at that moment.

I'd say just buy whatever you want.

You're a bit young to be a cynic.

onlinegenie wrote:I'm not sure that's the reason. It's not just car fuel that the "experts" keep changing their mind on.

In the 1970s we were heading for an ice age - by the 1990s the same scientists were telling us the world was warming up.

Red wine is said by some experts to be good for heart health. Others deny this. I keep on with the red wine. If it's good for you, I live longer. If it's bad, I die with a smile on my face. Either way, I win!

I don't think it's the whole reason, but it certainly must be a contributory factor.

If car sales slump, then the government loses money in tax, and it loses money from income tax as people will have to be laid off, then people who are out of work end up having to claim benefits thus costing the government more money.

It's in their interest to keep sales as high as they can.
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And what better time to encourage people to switch back to petrols than right after the whole VW emissions fiasco. (The Yeti still hasn't had the 'fix').

chriskay wrote:You're a bit young to be a cynic.

Never too early to start.

But even then, I despise the government. Especially the Tories. A bunch of self-centered arseholes that want all the money to themselves