silence7M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 11 months agoFrance has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why doesn't Britain?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkFrance has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why doesn't Britain?www.theguardian.comsilence7M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 11 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squaresilence7OPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoFrance taxes automobiles in a way that substantially discourages the largest and most polluting ones. Corresponding taxes in the UK are much lower.
minus-squarestarlinguk@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months 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-squarekeeb420@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWait you guys are taxing the worst offenders more?
minus-squareDyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months 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.