boem@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoLondon’s latest effort to clear bad air is contested but necessary: The scheme obliges drivers of the most polluting vehicles inside the ultra-low emission zones to pay £12.50 ($16) a day.www.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkLondon’s latest effort to clear bad air is contested but necessary: The scheme obliges drivers of the most polluting vehicles inside the ultra-low emission zones to pay £12.50 ($16) a day.www.economist.comboem@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarebigkix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSo, those $16 surely go to offsetting CO2 emissions of that car?
minus-squareTvkan@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMaybe. But the fee mostly reduces the amount of trips done by car in the first place, causing less CO2 to be emitted in the first place, whoch is even better.
minus-squarebigkix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI really hope that less emitted CO2 in that ultra-low zone saves the world! 🤞
So, those $16 surely go to offsetting CO2 emissions of that car?
Maybe. But the fee mostly reduces the amount of trips done by car in the first place, causing less CO2 to be emitted in the first place, whoch is even better.
I really hope that less emitted CO2 in that ultra-low zone saves the world! 🤞