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if it was important, govt would do something, instead germany govt just decided not to punish car industry for fraud and it's not pushing for higher taxes on ca
by aszantu 8y ago
if it was important, govt would do something, instead germany govt just decided not to punish car industry for fraud and it's not pushing for higher taxes on cars in general... so.. it's not important enough to do something xD
- Johnny555 8y agoOn the other hand, Germany is in the top 10 for fuel taxes, so it's not like they are doing nothing to discourage fossil fuel usage. https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10327 https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10327 (The USA is quite close to the bottom of the list) Additionally, their gasoline price per gallon (converted to USD) is also in the top 10, while the USA is near the bottom (only Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran have lower gasoline prices) https://www.statista.com/statistics/221368/gas-prices-around-the-world/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/221368/gas-prices-around...
- netsharc 8y agoThey also lobbied to keep lax testing so "dirty" cars can pass them: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-france-and-germany-lobbied-for-flawed-car-emissions-tests-documents-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-franc... The carmaker lobby has a lot of influence on the German government, and obviously "jobs!" is important to politicians (if they want to remain in power, they'd do anything to keep their voters employed, if that means keeping the car industry running while sacrificing the environment...). And there are still unrestricted speed autobahns because why would people buy BMWs or Porsches otherwise? Even though going really fast is really bad to the environment.