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Paris to ban diesel engines from 2020

It's of no surprise to me as it's been talked about for some time. 

From 2020, Paris will ban diesel engines from the city. I suspect that many European cities will follow suit.

Particulates discharged from diesel engine exhaust systems is extremely carcinogenic and pollution from diesel vehicles is a big worldwide problem.

Having had an array of petrol vehicles, I eventually switched our entire fleet - seven vans + one car - diesel as engine performance was so much better, Marginal lower fuel consumption was also a factor.

How do you feel about running an all petrol vehicle for work in the future?

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  • One of my vans has a lpg tank and tbh i have often wondered why it has caught on more as it costs me £13 to fill a 22ltr tank and that will average 150 miles or 180-200 on motorways. 

    Now running a lpg van for me is great as its mega cheap but it does lack torque hence also having a diesel. My main concern would be for towing things and not having the torque necessary from a petrol engine whilst still maintaining good mpg

    • PRO

      That's interesting Rory. That's just 8.5p a mile! Is that right?

      • PRO

        Sorry...not questioning what you say. It's such a low cost per mile, I have to agree with you and wonder why there are not more users?

      • Yeah Phil something like that, it's just gone down from 10p per mile with the drop in fuel duty over here in the last 2/3 weeks :)
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    London will go that way as well, I suspect ....see here

  • im sure London will, but I think there will be  massive aversion and outcry to it over here. look how many vehicles would have to be changed and the ramifications of it to businesses big and small

    • There was a huge swing not that many years ago because diesil engines where more economical the fuel was cheaper and we have all gone for it...now we have all bought into it they want to stop it stone dead because far to many people confined into a small space may be affected....FFS rather than concentrating on such minor issues why don't they pull their collective finger out and tackle it at a scale that will make a difference...god I hate short sighted sort term self serving government..   

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      I don't think the UK government will be concerned about this. If change is needed then it will happen. Also bear in mind that oil is only mainstream commercially viable for the next 10-20 years anyway.

      The UK one pound coin is being changed. The cost to modify all of the machines that accept the one pound coin will be colossal. 

      • 20 years...who have you been listening to??

        • Haha I was going to say we have plenty more oil than that, the main pullava with Scotland in the referendum was over the oil pit in the North Sea that has enough oil for 50years
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