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<div class="bbWrapper">Read it carefully - &quot;Phased out from 2018&quot; - so that's the date they start phasing them out.<br /> <br /> He wants a further 300 zero emission buses on the streets by 2020. According to TFL, there are 9300 buses in London. Not that many to change then!<br /> <br /> <a href="https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do/buses" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do/buses</a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">So, I won't be able to drive into London??? Who in their right minds does that anyway?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Yugguy" data-source="post: 2392857" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2392857" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2392857">Yugguy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So, I won't be able to drive into London??? Who in their right minds does that anyway? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> You will have to get a ride in a diesel taxi instead!!!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Lennox" data-source="post: 2392842" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2392842" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2392842">Lennox said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Well there's more bad diesel press...<br /> <br /> End of the road for London's 'dirty' diesel buses<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38157860" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">End of the road for London's 'dirty' diesel buses - BBC News</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> And guess who's going to pay for all of this. The Taxpayer.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="TheFoX" data-source="post: 2392982" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2392982" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2392982">TheFoX said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> And guess who's going to pay for all of this. The Taxpayer. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> This will only affect working people. Those on benefits, children and OAPs travel for free anyway.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">3.0 v6 turbo diesel merc<br /> <br /> I got 53.2 mpg on a trip a couple of weeks ago, averaged 42 mph over a 40 mile trip<br /> <br /> My friends 2ltr turbo petrol gets 24mpg<br /> <br /> Can any of the great leaders please confirm that a car doing double the mileage per gallon is a negative thing and going to kill us??<br /> <br /> In the same breath they agree to another runway in London <br /> <br /> Go figure</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Spice52" data-source="post: 2393069" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2393069" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2393069">Spice52 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> 3.0 v6 turbo diesel merc<br /> <br /> I got 53.2 mpg on a trip a couple of weeks ago, averaged 42 mph over a 40 mile trip<br /> <br /> My friends 2ltr turbo petrol gets 24mpg<br /> <br /> Can any of the great leaders please confirm that a car doing double the mileage per gallon is a negative thing and going to kill us??<br /> <br /> In the same breath they agree to another runway in London ������<br /> <br /> Go figure </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>It's not the fuel economy that's the issue, it's the emissions. I can't help to think we've got VW to thank for this knee jerk response. It's given the green loons all the leverage they need.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Spice52" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> Spice52 said: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> 3.0 v6 turbo diesel merc I got 53.2 mpg on a trip a couple of weeks ago, averaged 42 mph over a 40 mile trip My friends 2ltr turbo petrol gets 24mpg Can any of the great leaders please confirm that a car doing double the mileage per gallon is a negative thing and going to kill us?? In the same breath they agree to another runway in London Go figure </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Two sets of figures don't make for evidence of anything. I did a 195 mile trip yesterday on a mix of motorways, A &amp; B roads, unclassified roads and Heathrow's multi-storey car park averaging 62mph and returning 38mpg in my 3.5ltr V6 petrol. So what? I'll tell you: my car chucked out less NOx than your diesel did during a journey of just a fifth of the distance. Using fuel doesn't kill, it's the pollutants chucked out of the back that do the killing.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="knighterrant" data-source="post: 2394637" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2394637" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2394637">knighterrant said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Using fuel doesn't kill, it's the pollutants chucked out of the back that do the killing. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I think one of the 'selling points' of the CO2 debate is that climate change does ultimately kill on the grand scale.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/38357986" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Is air pollution really a public health crisis? - BBC News</a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Petrolheads and dieselheads debating which is worse or better for the environment? Neither is good. If you really care, walk or ride a bicycle! <br /> <br /> PS I'm loving my first diesel (1.9 TiD) and ordered a (3.0L) new replacement.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Hey watch this video, 600+ miles from a New DB11??<br /> <br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/hhxEOJEiA_w" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://youtu.be/hhxEOJEiA_w</a></div>
 
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