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posted by on Sunday January 29 2017, @11:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the cheaper-to-keep-driving-the-whole-time dept.

If you drive a diesel vehicle, life is about to get a lot more expensive.

Why? Because you're set to be charged an extra 50% to park in a central London area as of April 3. Ouch. And its all in the aim to reduce air pollution, which has been blighting the capital.

Westminster City Council is set to trial the price hike in parking bays in Hyde Park, Marylebone and Fitzrovia. Visitors in diesel cars will have to pay £7.35 per hour compared with the standard £4.90.

Source: Metro


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @12:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @12:28AM (#460450)

    Diesel is so cheap in Venezuela right now, you can fill up your tank in Venezuela for the equivalent of a few US pennies:
    http://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Venezuela/diesel_prices/ [globalpetrolprices.com]

    I'm not sure what the best datasets are, but after searching around a bit I didn't get the impression that Venezuela is particularly known for poor air quality.
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2011/sep/26/global-air-pollution-who [theguardian.com]

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by davester666 on Monday January 30 2017, @07:59AM

    by davester666 (155) on Monday January 30 2017, @07:59AM (#460557)

    Unfortunately, the commute from/back to London pretty much wipes out any such "savings".