I seem to remember it was mentioned on here that the EU were going to implement legislation outlawing the production of cars which weren't fuel efficient. At first I thought this was outrageous, but come to think of it, is this the only way of tackling congestion/pollution and environmental damage.
The problem with Labour is they tackle everything with taxes. Taxes don't work. A substantial value of tax added on performance cars is not going to deter the rich from purchasing them, if anything it hits the poor which is completely unfair.
Other policies might include price discrimination (via petrol) on cars with different tax bands, but once again that wouldn't work.
Perhaps they could limit the amount of petrol consumers can purchase, but once again that isn't realistic as many NEED petrol to get to work.
So what do they do?
My problem personally lies with people who have high performance cars but don't use them to their potential. There's an independent prep school down the road from me, and the amount of Range Rover Sports, Porsche Cayenne Turbos, X5s etc is sickening. The fact remains that I could jump in my mum's 1.4 Golf and cruise at 90mph all the way to Newcastle on one tank. On the other hand, someone driving a Range Rover Sport at 70mph all the way would have to fill up at least once during the trip.
It seems to me we have a section of motor enthusiasts, and a section of people who drive fast cars purely for show and never actually use the power of their car. They drive along using about 5% of their cars potential and polluting the environment about 500% more than the rest of us. I mean, is there ANYTHING that can be done about this other than what the EU are proposing? You'd still have luxury cars and extremely luxury cars, just with more efficient engines fitted. The problem is it's COMPLETELY unfair to target these people when there are people like the users of this forum who have a passion for motors.
Am I being pathetic and silly, or does anyone agree with me. I personally think the government should be tackling this school-run-mum obsession with pathetically fuel inefficient 4X4s. If the technology was in place that allowed them to be fuel efficient when not being ragged then fine, but this isn't the case.
In the future, as supplies of petrol run low - what the hell is going to happen?
The main issue is, we have a conflict between people who are passionate about motors and people who use them purely as a function, a machine that gets you from A to B. You can't deal with the latter without upsetting the former.
The problem with Labour is they tackle everything with taxes. Taxes don't work. A substantial value of tax added on performance cars is not going to deter the rich from purchasing them, if anything it hits the poor which is completely unfair.
Other policies might include price discrimination (via petrol) on cars with different tax bands, but once again that wouldn't work.
Perhaps they could limit the amount of petrol consumers can purchase, but once again that isn't realistic as many NEED petrol to get to work.
So what do they do?
My problem personally lies with people who have high performance cars but don't use them to their potential. There's an independent prep school down the road from me, and the amount of Range Rover Sports, Porsche Cayenne Turbos, X5s etc is sickening. The fact remains that I could jump in my mum's 1.4 Golf and cruise at 90mph all the way to Newcastle on one tank. On the other hand, someone driving a Range Rover Sport at 70mph all the way would have to fill up at least once during the trip.
It seems to me we have a section of motor enthusiasts, and a section of people who drive fast cars purely for show and never actually use the power of their car. They drive along using about 5% of their cars potential and polluting the environment about 500% more than the rest of us. I mean, is there ANYTHING that can be done about this other than what the EU are proposing? You'd still have luxury cars and extremely luxury cars, just with more efficient engines fitted. The problem is it's COMPLETELY unfair to target these people when there are people like the users of this forum who have a passion for motors.
Am I being pathetic and silly, or does anyone agree with me. I personally think the government should be tackling this school-run-mum obsession with pathetically fuel inefficient 4X4s. If the technology was in place that allowed them to be fuel efficient when not being ragged then fine, but this isn't the case.
In the future, as supplies of petrol run low - what the hell is going to happen?
The main issue is, we have a conflict between people who are passionate about motors and people who use them purely as a function, a machine that gets you from A to B. You can't deal with the latter without upsetting the former.
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Car manufacturers don't charge the same price for all models because they cost differant amounts to make. This is logical. 