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VRT changes increase respiratory illness risk

  • 08-12-2007 4:31pm
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    probe
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    While a CO2 minimising automotive tax system represents progress in IRL, it will lead to a dramatic increase in diesel car sales. Unfortunately in every dealership in Ireland, virtually every diesel car on sale comes without a PM filter. If you want a clean diesel car, it is usually a factory order (3-6 month wait) and an extra grand or two for the PM filter.

    While modern particulate filters can get diesel pollution down to acceptable levels, allowing the national fleet of diesel cars to increase without PM filters is going to lead to an increase in asthma and other respiratory diseases particularly in urban areas. The costs of treating chronic respiratory diseases are astronomical – PM filters are a no-brainer.

    Either all diesel cars should be required to have a high quality PM filter or face the top rate of tax irrespective of CO2 emissions or a generous cashback offer is included in the budget bringing down the cost of PM filters to €100 or so.

    Which is more important – people’s health or a potentially more extreme climate?

    .probe


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  • #2
    BendiBus
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    That thought did cross my mind too. Has there been any media or political comment on this potential issue? I haven't seen any yet.


  • #3
    probe
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    A good story in yesterday's NY Times about diesel pollution in boom areas of China. One suspects that the low quality diesel being used will be our only choice in Europe in a matter of time, as the reserves of cleaner product get used up. China needs Swiss style railfreight to link their industrial parks to the sea ports.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/world/asia/08trucks.html

    .probe


  • #4
    silverharp
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    does a refiner have the option of making more or less petrol/diesel from a barrel of oil?

    looking at the picture below , diesel comes out of the distillate fuel category
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rllayman/127865384/

    if the refiner doesn't isn't this just moving chess pieces around the board in global terms?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #5
    probe
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    silverharp wrote: »
    does a refiner have the option of making more or less petrol/diesel from a barrel of oil?

    looking at the picture below , diesel comes out of the distillate fuel category
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rllayman/127865384/

    if the refiner doesn't isn't this just moving chess pieces around the board in global terms?

    They don't - technology and infrastructure has to move on to the next generation.

    .probe


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