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The UK government permits new cars to be sold with tailpipe emissions which are VASTLY higher than those of comparable vehicles in the USA. The Dieselgate scand

The UK government permits new cars to be sold with tailpipe emissions which are VASTLY higher than those of comparable vehicles in the USA. The Dieselgate scandal never ended outside USA. It's just business as usual in Europe. The UK government is complicit in knowingly allowing manufacturers to sell extremely polluting diesels. The green initiatives in the UK are hilariously inadequate because so many brand new cars are diesels with extreme emissions levels compared to comparable cars sold in the United States. American market diesels do not pollute anywhere as much as UK market diesels.

cs02rm0 7y ago
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wcoenen 7y ago
> The UK government permits new cars to be sold with tailpipe emissions which are VASTLY higher than those of comparable vehicles in the USA. What I could find about the latest standards does not seem to support your claim. But maybe I'm looking at wrong numbers or misinterpreting them, so I wouldn't mind looking at your own sources if you have them. EURO 6d standards for diesel passenger cars [1]: - CO: 0.5 g/km - NOx: 0.080 g/km - PM: 0.0045 g/km California LEV standards for passenger cars <50K miles/5 years [2]. (Not the same as EPA, but I assume California is more strict): - CO: 3.4 g/mi = 2.1 g/km - NOx: 0.2 g/mi = 0.12 g/km - PM: 0.08 g/mi = 0.05 g/km [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_emission_standards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_emission_standards [2] https://www.dieselnet.com/standards/us/ld_ca.php https://www.dieselnet.com/standards/us/ld_ca.php