EEquality - Emissions Equality

Andy · 04-08-2009, 03:09 PM

I was sent this by a friend this afternoon, worth a look...

Volvo Car UK has challenged the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to review the basis of charging for the London Congestion Charging zone.

Volvo Car UK believes that the principle of hybrid cars being exempt from the Congestion Charge is now outdated and unfair. Drivers of hybrid cars enter the zone free of charge on a daily basis while drivers of low emission cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines with the same, or even lower, levels of emissions are charged £8.00 per day. This 'tax' could add a financial burden of over £2,000 per year to those drivers who have selected a traditionally-powered low emission car.

Sign up here -> Emissions_Equality - www.volvocars.com/uk

OfOneEarth · 05-08-2009, 07:56 AM

On a cradle to grave basis, hybrids are invariably more polluting, not less.

NaturalChoices · 06-08-2009, 04:12 PM

Yep, buy a good small car second hand and you have a much smaller footprint.

Mind you live in London and why bother at all?- public transport, foot and peddle power.

04-08-2009, 03:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Andy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 240 Thanks: 24 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	EEquality - Emissions Equality I was sent this by a friend this afternoon, worth a look... Volvo Car UK has challenged the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to review the basis of charging for the London Congestion Charging zone. Volvo Car UK believes that the principle of hybrid cars being exempt from the Congestion Charge is now outdated and unfair. Drivers of hybrid cars enter the zone free of charge on a daily basis while drivers of low emission cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines with the same, or even lower, levels of emissions are charged £8.00 per day. This 'tax' could add a financial burden of over £2,000 per year to those drivers who have selected a traditionally-powered low emission car. Sign up here -> Emissions_Equality - www.volvocars.com/uk

05-08-2009, 07:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
OfOneEarth Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South of the M4 Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	On a cradle to grave basis, hybrids are invariably more polluting, not less. __________________ 'The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth'

06-08-2009, 04:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
NaturalChoices Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Domiane de Montrouch, Maisons, Languedoc France Posts: 72 Thanks: 6 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Yep, buy a good small car second hand and you have a much smaller footprint. Mind you live in London and why bother at all?- public transport, foot and peddle power. __________________ Pete Shield Editor http://www.naturalchoices.co.uk

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