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SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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The increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found.

The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there was a sound argument for “polluter pays” taxes for vehicle emissions based on size.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yet another example of the incredibly stupid decisions George Osborne took when equalising VED/Road tax in year 2 onwards.

It used to be that the higher emissions you made the more you paid every year, and while it was never enough, having a single rate of 180 quid for all petrol / diesel cars regardless of size/efficiency was clearly the wrong policy at the time, and this just shows it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Monumentally stupid, but we've come to expect that from the Tories over 13 years. Glad to see Labour will reverse this decision on day 1 and bring back the policy of higher emitting vehicles pay more taxes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stand by for the Tories to start claiming that labour is regressively taxing the poor who can't afford to upgrade their SUVs to electric.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Bit late on that, they are already doing it. Claiming that Labour are "anti-motorist" with ULEZ expansion, LTNs the 20mph limit in wales and also delaying the ban on petrol/diesel cars.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The US did something similarly stupid. We based our fuel economy standards on the size of the car, and enforced high percentage reductions on smaller cars than larger. A small truck might need a 30% improvement in economy over previous models, while a larger truck can get away with a 20% improvement.

So manufacturers stopped making smaller cars.

Average economy is worse now than 30 years ago, because CAFE standards incentivized much larger vehicles.