Dirty diesels contributing to air pollution

[SteveA]

"Keeping the dirtiest vehicles off our streets....

 

The UK Government needs to keep the dirtiest vehicles out of towns and cities. As you would expect, industry has recently launched a fight-back against the evidence that diesel is bad for people's health. Diesel car makers cite the latest European emissions standards which they claim will limit dangers to human health.

 

Sadly, engines which meet these standards under test conditions fall far short in real life. Until these laboratory successes are seen on the road, it will be very difficult for the public to have the same level of confidence as the industry seems to have in its vehicles.

 

ClientEarth's issue is not with the diesel car industry, just as it isn't with the millions of drivers who were incentivised to buy diesel vehicles under the discredited idea that it was better for the environment. Clearly, people were misled, and this will be expensive and difficult to undo.

 

To keep the dirtiest vehicles out of town centres we need a national network of low emission zones. This requires action from central Government. To ask councils or local authorities to fix the problem is putting a plaster on a large wound."

 

To save 30,000 British lives a year, the Government must act now on air pollution - The Ecologist

 

Can catalytic converters be fitted to diesel cars?.... or is there other technology that could be retro-fitted?

cheers, steve

[difflock]

bah humbug!

[woody paul]

Intresting what you are saying.

I took My 1996 landy 90 for its mot the emissions test read .82 which the tester could not believe so redid it and got the same reading when I asked why he was baffled by the reading he said all the newer cars he had tested that week had higher readings so how can one engine be judge against a nother.

[SteveA]

Intresting what you are saying.

I took My 1996 landy 90 for its mot the emissions test read .82 which the tester could not believe so redid it and got the same reading when I asked why he was baffled by the reading he said all the newer cars he had tested that week had higher readings so how can one engine be judge against a nother.

 

They don't test for all the emissions.... Just because your engine is running what is deemed to be 'clean' doesn't mean that it's not churning out harmful emissions; read here for more info: MOT test of the future to focus on tackling harmful Nitrous dioxide and Diesel Particulate Matter emissions

 

cheers, steve

[mendiplogs]

Intresting what you are saying.

I took My 1996 landy 90 for its mot the emissions test read .82 which the tester could not believe so redid it and got the same reading when I asked why he was baffled by the reading he said all the newer cars he had tested that week had higher readings so how can one engine be judge against a nother.

 

Hi PAUL GOOD OLD LAND ROVERS PEOPLE RUN THEM DOWN BUT THERE GOOD👍👍🍺🍺🍺thanks Jon

[SteveA]

Hi PAUL GOOD OLD LAND ROVERS PEOPLE RUN THEM DOWN BUT THERE GOOD👍👍🍺🍺🍺thanks Jon

 

Hey Jon, this isn't about dismissing old landrovers.... modern diesels also contribute to these harmful emissions.

 

The trouble we have is that there are so many diesel cars on the road nowadays and all that pollution put together is affecting people's health, especially childrens (asthma, etc).

 

Something needs to be done.

Cheers, steve

[detritus21]

Petrol vehicles are just as bad and don't kid yourself. What will happen if you ban diesels in towns? there will be a serious knock on effect on the economy. What really needs addressing is the reliance on hydrocarbons as a road transport fuel, electric vehicles not being the answer either as electricity comes from on the whole dirty fuels as to quote the article with regards to London buses it just moves the pollution elsewhere.

[cornish wood burner]

Hi Steve A

Diesels already have cats fitted as far as I know. Biggest problem as I understand it is the lower temperature in a diesel exhaust. Cats run better at high temperures. Particulates are another problem that need DPFs with their associated problems.

[gensetsteve]

.82 is fairly high I think the limit is 3. I am sure even my 16 year old landcruiser returns .1. I don't think low mileage well maintained stuff up to ten years old is the problem. The problem is high mileage badly maintained stuff and anything pre emmissions zone. Also we are not going to make a huge difference as a small island when the super States don't give a toss.

[Goaty]

Car stickers need printing.

 

Modern life built on and run on diesel since the steam age