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Scrapping cars to save the Enviroment

  • 10-07-2008 2:04pm
    #1
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭


    Just reading on the BBC about the UK's plans to increase car tax for gas guzzlers. While in theory it's a good idea I have to laugh that in order to help poorer people they will be offering grants to scrap old cars to buy new. Now correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't a large part of a cars emissons come from manufacture/delivery/disposal. This is only affecting cars made since 2001 so they aren't that polluting.

    But she hinted that drivers could be offered cash to scrap older high-polluting vehicles rather than selling them on - a move supported by Friends of the Earth.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7498884.stm


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Yep, the new for old argument holds no water regarding cars, esp as the poor tend to travel less anyway.

    Mike.


  • #3
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Del2005 wrote: »
    but doesn't a large part of a cars emissons come from manufacture/delivery/disposal.
    Politics: Its not important that they actually achieve something good, just that they look like they're trying.


  • #4
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    I know it's all politics. I was pointing out how stupid it was to introduce a "Green" tax and in then do something much worst.

    Just reading the article again and they've removed the section I quoted, they must have realised that it wasn't very green to scrap perfectly good cars.


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