@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoFrance has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why doesn't Britain?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkFrance has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why doesn't Britain?www.theguardian.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink12•1 year agoFrance taxes automobiles in a way that substantially discourages the largest and most polluting ones. Corresponding taxes in the UK are much lower.
minus-squarestarlinguklinkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoGermany does the same. You think you only have to pay a teeny tiny bit of tax and WHAMMO, added CO2 emissions surcharge. And still far too many people drive compensation vehicles.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoIt is a weight tax that start around 1700kg if i recall. Just enough that anything bigger than “french sized” SUV has to pay a tax in addition to the CO2 tax.
France taxes automobiles in a way that substantially discourages the largest and most polluting ones. Corresponding taxes in the UK are much lower.
Germany does the same. You think you only have to pay a teeny tiny bit of tax and WHAMMO, added CO2 emissions surcharge.
And still far too many people drive compensation vehicles.
Wait you guys are taxing the worst offenders more?
It is a weight tax that start around 1700kg if i recall. Just enough that anything bigger than “french sized” SUV has to pay a tax in addition to the CO2 tax.