Indeed, Brian, pollution is very important. But unfortunately diesel cars are
not great when you consider the gases that they emit: low on CO2, but high in
other pollutants.
I’m glad that I don’t live in the city . . .
Chris
> On 1 Aug 2015, at 13:07, Brian Gray via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> As well as overall fuel efficiency (both in manufacture, use, and
> ultimate disposal) an important factor in some countries is the air
> pollution created during use. Electric cars do not have to pollute the
> air around busy roads, particularly if traffic is slow moving.
> The environmental arguments have not yet persuaded me to pay the extra
> costs associated with an electric powered vehicle but my diesel car
> does have reasonably modern technology and does less than 10k miles
> each year in the UK. I doubt if any really old vehicle could be
> regarded as environmentally friend when pollution is taken into
> account.
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