In the year 2040

[Tony Nitrous]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40723581

[Mick_J]

It was the bloody government that encouraged us to buy diesel cars, now they want to ban them and tax us more to have them, bastards 

[Tony Nitrous]

I was driving a new SQ7 today.

I have never driven any car that had so much grunt at any speed and any revs.
I remember when diesels used to be taxi's, bus's and Transit van's, f#ck me, I've never driven a diesel so nice before! Big family wagon that thinks its a sports car!

http://www.caradvice.com.au/525107/2017-audi-sq7-review-2/

[Blubber]

It was the bloody government that encouraged us to buy diesel cars, now they want to ban them and tax us more to have them, bastards 

next step... fume taxes for people with a wood stove 

[Rufus]

Here on Monkey Island they are obsessed with diesels, they wedge them into everything, cos it saves them 0.1 cent per litre.
The rear of the cars are all black from the soot, they don't realise that huge amounts of soot = unburnt fuel.
Seen many a "classic" car advertised as diesel which is bs.
I'm not a diesel fan but as Tony said, proper factory diesels are very refined now. 

[Kiwifruit]

Here in good old New Zealand they have been pushing us to buy electric or hybrid vehicles......so much better for the enviroment we are told.
Nek Minit.....we need to flood some more National Parkland to build a dam to supply  the increase in demand for electricity
.......errrr what ??

Be better for the enviroment to do away with the bullshit spinning tax grabbing politicians by 2040

[V_i_c_i]

I have no fear. I am not from UK 

[Andre]

Be better for the enviroment to do away with the bullshit spinning tax grabbing politicians by 2040

Every year we "celebrate" Tax Payer Memorial Day", the day when we are done paying taxes for the year. In 1960 it was June 1st; now it was July 19th. The way it's developing, in 2040 we will celebrate for 2039 

Electric mobility being better for the environment is a myth. As much as a myth as Angela Merkel's notion that millions of uneducated freeloaders, with a mindset that would fit better in the middle Ages, will be good for our economy.

[Tony Nitrous]

Australia doesn't do nuclear power, although we supply the ingredients for it.

We banked on coal powered powerstations and now find we are struggling to supply our growing population. The answer was to put up the cost of electricity.

'Lecky vehicles are getting better all the time, sound and performance, but many Australians don't want City cars. I did and occasionally do 1000K days out West where there's an awful lot of nothing, an Emu, a dead roo and even more nothing.  I haven't seen many charging points, perhaps I need to take a petrol generator to charge my electric car? Or a trailer load of solar panels?

[Andre]

When it comes to charging points, Germany is like a huge desert. Electric car sales here are a huge flopp.

[Kiwifruit]

Our polys snivel on about pollution, traffic gridlock and parking issues.
Not one has ever suggested using motorcycles to solve or assist in dealing the with the problem. Why ??

[Irish in Oz]

I live in a coal generating area in Australia 3 power stations, one recently decommissioned and replaced by gas. Our government has it worked out the gas plant is on standby for emergency it only takes 2 hours to start up and then it only has a gas supply that lasts 4 hours.
Engineering at is best.

[Andre]

Gas for the plant gets trucked in? 

[Irish in Oz]

Gas for the plant gets trucked in? 

Good suggestion it would probably be quicker.
Apparently there is a gas main between Sydney and Newcastle approx 150k's, power station is 50k's from Newcastle, the tap in would be about 10k's from main feeder, I seen them putting in storage buffers underground during construction, I think they where working in litres instead of gallons.

[Kiwifruit]

So why are we asked to create a small carbon footprint ?
When the goverment are able to create a glorious costly long wide thick black carbon infused skidmark.