Re:Madrid bans polluting vehicles from city centre
by pxtail on Monday December 03, 2018 @06:11AM
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> Of course it is objectively a good thing, especially when they implement the export restrictions so they won't all simply be offloaded to Africa.
Why export restrictions (especially to Africa) is a good thing? I think that it is quite opposite:
* from looking at basic car sales statistics EV are basically non-existent in Africa, there is no infrastructure etc. (apart from fact that almost nobody could afford them)
* 2000-ish cars are usually quite simple to repair, no advanced electronic etc.
* producing new car probably will waste more resources and emit more pollution than using and repairing old one
Re:Madrid bans polluting vehicles from city centre
by mercer on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:52PM
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It's already implemented in at least on other city (Utrecht), but only for the city center. As a diesel owner, it's a minor inconvenience whenever I visit the town. Most people I know live outside the zone.
Re:Madrid bans polluting vehicles from city centre
by Symbiote on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:59PM
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There's an index to all the European cities with similar restrictions on http://urbanaccessregulations.eu/
Of course it is objectively a good thing, especially when they implement the export restrictions so they won't all simply be offloaded to Africa.