The Great Car Con - C4 Mon 8pm

Atlantic Dawn

Should be interesting...

Several years ago, British motorists were advised that diesel would be the cheap, eco-friendly fuel of the future, and with the added benefit of the tax breaks it offers, the nation now buys more diesel cars than petrol ones. However, growing concerns about harmful emissions have led to a call to introduce surcharges on motorists driving diesel vehicles in polluted cities - or even ban them altogether. Reporter Morland Sanders investigates why politicians encouraged the `dash for diesel' and asks whether manufacturers' claims about performance and pollution levels can be trusted.

http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dfcmqj/dispatches--the-great-car-con-channel-4-dispatches

bop1977

Yup. Some council in England is charging £96 more for parking a diesel car outside their door.
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/article-2920397/Islington-Council-s-96-year-diesel-tax-cars-encouraged-people-buy.html

visual

Diesel bashing by the gutless 1.4 petrol and smaller engine mob.

Getting a bit lame now

marco_polo

I think you are confusing petrol owners with environmental scientists.

If it helps at all one group drives petrol cars, the other investigate air pollution levels in major UK urban centers.