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Oxford is talking about introducing a scheme for polluting vehicles, my van will get charged but luckily I only visit the city once a week so I will just pay the charge as this will cost me less than a new van. A friend who visits Bristol a couple of times a week has the same attitude and he is just going to pass the charges on to his customers. |
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Pushing the traffic to outskirts shopping centres and turning town centres into ghost towns full of charity and betting shops. The councils may have a rethink once they see their revenue stream disappear.
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Local election stuff.
All parties are saying it’s a done deal. I live in Bristol, so I asked the question of all the doorstep persons that have been round.
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18th April 2021, 21:15 | #105 |
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As mentioned, its a “done deal “ until the city centres have empty shops because they have no customers, no more revenue for the council,people will just go to where it is easy to get to without paying extra money.
Happened over here with some local councils thinking they could make more money slapping extra parking fees in the city centre. People just went else where then the shops started shutting down and the council then still runs around trying to figure out what went wrong, blaming everything but their stupid ideas. I understand their ideological push for cleaner air but they are making the public pay for it, not them, they still receive their weekly tax payer funded wages unlike the many businesses owners their desicions will impact. |
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The logic is simple - if run on petrol they pollute excessively and there isn't any way the authorities can ensure they run on gas when in the ULEZ. |
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Its all irrelevant when you compare what India / China and the Usa pump out of their power stations weekly, its just an excuse for the motorist to bolster the coffers of the local council.
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as the US had been the biggest polluter over previous years , it wasnt fair that china had to now comply- i think there missing the big picture,china cant see the wood for the trees- literally!! |
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19th April 2021, 07:02 | #109 |
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It was recently announced that China’s economy has grown 18%, you could probably fit the whole of the UK economy into that figure. Can you imagine the energy used from just that 18%? Basically here in the west we can’t get enough of them. On one hand we wring our hands and spout about saving the planet and on the other click buy Amazon
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One could drive on the electric motors/battery whilst in the zone(s) but use the petrol engine (or diesel) driving to the zone(s). However, how does the camera know which mode one is in? As for LPG, the govt. only gave a £10 VED reduction initially (I haven't checked to see if that is still the case. LPG should, in my opinion, be on par with electric or worst case between electric and petrol charges! Kev |
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