"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 25/05/2021 16:18, JNugent wrote:
On 25/05/2021 03:38 pm, Andrew wrote:
On 24/05/2021 19:23, Steve Walker wrote:
On 24/05/2021 17:49, JNugent wrote:
On 19/05/2021 01:55 pm, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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When the coroner in London ruled that the little girl who died a few
months ago was due to pollution, there was quite a local fuss. Of
course
transport got the blame since she lived close to a busy main road,
but
several different types of sources will have contributed to that
pollution.

And unless lots of other people in the location where that unfortunate
girl lived are dropping like flies, falling victim to (only) the
self-same "pollution", then it was probably not the pollution which
killed her, though it might (or might not) have exacerbated whatever
it was.

For a time when I was a boy, we used to live directly on the A59 in
central Liverpool, less than a hundred and fifty yards from the Mersey
Tunnel entrance. There were almost no emission controls in those days,
and as well as traffic (lots of it), we were surrounded by dwellings
burning coal in grates and various industrial premises, including a
nearby brewery, all doing the same.

We all managed to survive.

I have thought it very odd that asthma rates have been rising, while
vehicle emission controls have been improving and and all forms of
vehicle pollution have actually been falling significantly, yet the
action seems to be to pillory the motorist, restrict when and where
they can drive and charge them punitive penalties for entering certain
areas.

You only need to walk along the side of a busy road to notice the pong
on NO2. This wasn't the case 20 years ago. Now There are 10+ million
diesel engined cars on the road and the vast majority are not EU6
compliant. There needs a massive cull of older diesel clunkers.

It's really odd, because until only a handful of years ago, the
government was doing all it could to encourage buyers to buy diesel.

You mean bribing them with zero or V low car tax, which was the *only*
reason people bought diesel cars.

Nope, some chose them for the better fuel economy
and what they regarded as better drivability.

Anyone with a brain would have known that any reduction on CO2 would be
massively outweighed by an huge increase in NO2 and diesel smoke.

Few car buyers knew anything about NO2.