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As a London pedestrian I am fully in favour of electric buses. The NoX fumes are horrible for pedestrians too. Especially when the buses are stacked one after

As a London pedestrian I am fully in favour of electric buses. The NoX fumes are horrible for pedestrians too. Especially when the buses are stacked one after another, idling. I seriously can’t believe the government refuses to act on the diesel disaster. Tens of thousands of people die from diesel exhaust complications per year, but they don’t care.

fifnir 8y ago
did anyone vote for more taxes on themselves to cover the cost?
- desas 8y ago
  Probably have to offset that with the reduction of cost to the NHS of pollution related illnesses. Outside of TfL and absent a "diesel scrappage scheme" the cost would be born by primarily by private individuals anyway.
- adrianN 8y ago
  How about we cover the cost from the billions of profits made by car companies selling internal combustion engines and lobbying against change?
- tim333 8y ago
  I effectively voted for the Ultra Low Emission Zone although it will increase my taxes. At least I wrote go for it in the residents survey. As the article suggests the cash cost of the electric busses may be zero with a longer deprecation period. Against that "pollutants linked to one in 12 deaths in parts of London." Which would you choose? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/air-pollution-reduces-life-expectancy-by-six-months-for-every-briton-9251260.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families...
- walshemj 8y ago
  No but diesel owners who have for decades had a nice subsidy from my pocket have been :-(
SaltyBackendGuy 8y ago
This reminds me of 'dieselgate'[0], it's not just buses. One does wonder why the government hasen't acted on a diesel ban (or some action) when it's clearly a risk to the public. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
- IshKebab 8y ago
  I'm pretty sure that's what he was talking about.
walshemj 8y ago
Ironically Mrs Thatcher (former chemist) questioned the dash to diesel instead of clean burn engines back when the policy of favoring diesel over petrol was being discussed.

fifnir 8y ago

did anyone vote for more taxes on themselves to cover the cost?

desas 8y ago
Probably have to offset that with the reduction of cost to the NHS of pollution related illnesses. Outside of TfL and absent a "diesel scrappage scheme" the cost would be born by primarily by private individuals anyway.
adrianN 8y ago
How about we cover the cost from the billions of profits made by car companies selling internal combustion engines and lobbying against change?
tim333 8y ago
I effectively voted for the Ultra Low Emission Zone although it will increase my taxes. At least I wrote go for it in the residents survey. As the article suggests the cash cost of the electric busses may be zero with a longer deprecation period. Against that "pollutants linked to one in 12 deaths in parts of London." Which would you choose? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/air-pollution-reduces-life-expectancy-by-six-months-for-every-briton-9251260.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families...
walshemj 8y ago
No but diesel owners who have for decades had a nice subsidy from my pocket have been :-(

SaltyBackendGuy 8y ago

This reminds me of 'dieselgate'[0], it's not just buses. One does wonder why the government hasen't acted on a diesel ban (or some action) when it's clearly a risk to the public. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

IshKebab 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that's what he was talking about.

walshemj 8y ago

Ironically Mrs Thatcher (former chemist) questioned the dash to diesel instead of clean burn engines back when the policy of favoring diesel over petrol was being discussed.