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28-07-2017, 10:32 PM
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Diesel Car Ban.

I live in Germany and have been following this with some interest.http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/28/reute...stuttgart.html It seems that certain diesel cars will be banned from driving in the city of Stuttgart. There was a lot of speculation that the all powerfull auto lobby in Germany would stop it but it seems they failed. The Green Party hold power in Baden Württemberg and their minister Winfried Kretschmann is very popular. Now Munich is talking about following suit.
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28-07-2017, 10:35 PM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

I am not planning to go to Germany -but pain - I drive a diesel car.
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28-07-2017, 10:37 PM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

We were planning on buying a diesel but put it on hold after talking to our mechanic. I'm glad we listened to his advice.
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29-07-2017, 07:34 AM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

My Isuzu has a 3litre turbo diesel motor but diesel cars have never been popular here except in 4by4s and dual cab utes (like mine), people found them too sluggish and preferred V6 or 4 cylinder petrol engines I think. There are a few obviously but they are not common in general motoring.

However I can't see them being banned any time soon.
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29-07-2017, 09:14 AM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

The trouble I see ahead is there are supposed to be 40,000 premature deaths here in the uk do to pollutants linked to diesel cars,once banned and deaths are still premature what next to blame.How is it determined that these deaths are premature where is written down, your time to shuffle off this mortal coil.
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29-07-2017, 10:24 AM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

Originally Posted by Kev60 ->
I live in Germany and have been following this with some interest.http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/28/reute...stuttgart.html It seems that certain diesel cars will be banned from driving in the city of Stuttgart. There was a lot of speculation that the all powerfull auto lobby in Germany would stop it but it seems they failed. The Green Party hold power in Baden Württemberg and their minister Winfried Kretschmann is very popular. Now Munich is talking about following suit.
I wonder which logistics company will deliver all their goods!

"We'll leave them at the edge of your city limits for you to come and collect!"
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29-07-2017, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JBR ->
I wonder which logistics company will deliver all their goods!

"We'll leave them at the edge of your city limits for you to come and collect!"
No doubt they will just charge delivery companies for the privilege of 'killing ' people. It's ok if they pay for it.
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29-07-2017, 03:10 PM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

Well its been in the news here, the govt are going to ban the sale of diesel and petrol, from 2040 and encourage electric only, although hybrids won't be banned as yet, it will need billions of investment though, as we won't have enough power stations to cope with demand, nor charging points for that matter, how will the govt recoup the billions lost in fuel duty?, charge by the mile I expect..
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29-07-2017, 03:30 PM
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Re: Diesel Car Ban.

Originally Posted by Primus1 ->
Well its been in the news here, the govt are going to ban the sale of diesel and petrol, from 2040 and encourage electric only, although hybrids won't be banned as yet, it will need billions of investment though, as we won't have enough power stations to cope with demand, nor charging points for that matter, how will the govt recoup the billions lost in fuel duty?, charge by the mile I expect..
If I'm still around when the time comes, I'm getting a horse and cart.

I'm not sure how the government will charge me for it: horse-feed tax, horse-muck penalties*, who knows?

(*Actually, I'll attach a horse-muck catcher underneath and sell the stuff.)
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29-07-2017, 04:25 PM
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Just out of interest, as I recently saw an electric car whilst out in my diesel, I checked to see how many charging points there are in my town. We have a population of 100,000, and just ONE electric charging point, which is at the out of town shopping complex.
 
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