Cost of diesel to increase dramatically?

jase1

Just been reading on another forum that the German press have been reporting an EU directive that would lead to increased duties amounting to 79cents/litre by 2013, in an effort to discourage the use of diesel vehicles in city centres.

Does anyone have any details on this, whether petrol engines are also covered and/or any other information?

forgotmyname

79 euro cents? US cents? The duty on fuel is around that mark already. Who cares what they put it
upto we will all pay it or start walking.

Kilty_2

Discouraging people from buying diesel cars for the shopping run or city driving can only be a good thing - there would need to be tax breaks for commercial users though.

dannymccann

These stupid taxes only work for overcrowded cities like London, up here in Lincoln an electric car for 'going to the shops' in is no good for me, it's a 7 mile trip on a dual carriageway, why would I want to take my chances on that road in a 30mph crisp packet when Ive got trucks up my !!!!!?

ppc_scambuster

Try putting this stupid idea to the French they will riot, quite rightly too !! so should we.

Exemplar

Danny is right (I live near him and agree Lincoln surrounds would be a poor idea) but Lincoln City traffic speeds are probably slower than London!!

flyingscotno1

jase1 wrote: »

Just been reading on another forum that the German press have been reporting an EU directive that would lead to increased duties amounting to 79cents/litre by 2013, in an effort to discourage the use of diesel vehicles in city centres.

Does anyone have any details on this, whether petrol engines are also covered and/or any other information?

IIRC it is a minimum tax level on diesel they want to change. We're well in excess of that on diesel so has no affect on the UK

LandyAndy

ppc_scambuster wrote: »

Try putting this stupid idea to the French they will riot, quite rightly too !! so should we.

The French do have some use.:)

jase1

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14976341,00.html

The deal is, (and it seems this hasn't been passed yet) that diesel will be mandated to have a 17% higher duty than petrol.

So plugging the numbers into here:

http://www.whatgas.com/car-finance/fuel-duty.html

Petrol would presumably remain at £1.327, whereas diesel would increase by 12p/litre including VAT to £1.509 at today's rate. A differential of 14%.

forgotmyname

But diesel is better for the enviroment is it not? Argue that until the cows come home unless they die from
cancer caused by diesel soot.