Taxing people with older, more polluting cars at a higher rate than those with newer lower emissions cars is stupid. Might seem like a good idea, but its not going to stop people from driving the cars they own. Its not fair to tax people just because they can't afford an expensive hybrid. (Same goes for congestion charge which I believe hybrids are excused from)

And the ultra high fuel duty tax is supposed to discourage us from driving? I find that laughable considering driving is not a choice, and there is no alternative. If the idea was to reduce emisions and congestion then why does it cost me £4.50 for the 12 mile round trip to my town centre and back on the bus - whereas if I go by motorcycle it costs me less than £2 in fuel. Wheres the logic in that? If buses worked out cheaper I'd use them.

I honestly don't care about being "Green" (nor does the government) - but I do care about affordable motoring. It really annoys me that people blindly accept and vote for unfair "green" tax bullshit.

Stop using climate change as an excuse to tax us. I'd be less upset if the 72% tax we pay on petrol actually went towards alternate energy sources or public transport. You know, "Green" changes.

The people in charge are corrupt morons.

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yea something similar happened is NY, where they were going to start charging people a lot to get in and out of Manhattan
i mean what about the people who work there and live outside the city?
not everyone has busses and subways that go where they need to go.

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Wow, so nice to know you care about the planet.

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I'd accept that as a valid point if the green taxes actually helped "save the planet" in any kind of way.

Besides, even if the UK as a whole does manage to cut its CO2 emissions by a sizeable amount, the rest of the world still outweighs us totally. If climate change is a real threat, we're fucked regardless of how succesful our green  changes are.

I'd rather have an acceptable cost of living to be honest.

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