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  1. 29th November 2014, 08:11 PM #1
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    Angry Apparently France wants to ban diesel...

    ...or so the news would have us believe.

    France to rank cars for pollution, wants to phase out diesel fuel | Reuters

    Sounds like a "convenient tax" to me... I can't wait until our local politicians get in on the act!
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  2. 29th November 2014, 08:46 PM #2
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    Fair enough!!!!! It does kill Frogs if spilt in the watercourse
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    The UK is also taking action on diesel pollution.

    BBC News - Court puts more heat on diesels
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    Quite a while back stuttgart banned older diesels from the city. Or rather you can drive in if you are happy to pay the fine. Rego labels have a colour which denotes Whether you are ok or not.
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    About 80 percent of French motorists drive diesel-powered cars.
    It seems diesel cars are currently fairly popular there.

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    So the French want electric cars? They'll be terrible in winter.

    Last time I was in the UK the old red double deckers had plaques by the doors stating they had been repowered with euro 5 compliant diesels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by isuzurover View Post
    Quite a while back stuttgart banned older diesels from the city. Or rather you can drive in if you are happy to pay the fine. Rego labels have a colour which denotes Whether you are ok or not.
    Yep, my Son lives in Bayreuth, Bavaria and chose a later model car (Golf, petrol) so he was able to drive up to and through Berlin and other Green cities. http://www.german-way.com/travel-and...y-green-zones/

    I recon this would be a better approach for the French than prescriptively banning one fuel type.
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    We all know diesel is dirty , but rather convenient.
    Having just come back from USA it is noted that very few buses are diesel , but rather run on natural gas.
    We have so much of that in Australia we should be following suit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    We all know diesel is dirty , but rather convenient.
    Having just come back from USA it is noted that very few buses are diesel , but rather run on natural gas.
    We have so much of that in Australia we should be following suit.
    G'day Dennis, This article explains a little of the American mindset towards diesel.

    BBC - Autos - Why do Americans not drive diesels?
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    Diesel used to be a dirty fuel and a dirty word, but recent technologies have addressed both problems, which is why the world outside the United States thinks of the choice between gasoline and diesel as a foregone conclusion.
    Maybe another problem with the USA adopting diesel is that they think it only comes in litres and they need to buy in gallons (and funny size gallons at that.)

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