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Electric black taxis have hit London's roads under plans to improve air quality but critics say their cost will put drivers off "going green".
The cab costs £55,599 up from £45,000 for the newest petrol equivalent.
Chris Gubbey, boss of manufacturer the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) insists the cab will "play a major role in helping to improve air quality".
The launch comes weeks ahead of rules requiring new cabs in the capital to be capable of emitting zero emissions.
More than 9,000 such taxis, roughly half the current black cab fleet, are expected on London's roads by 2021.
The £10K price difference should break even in two years of savings on fuel, less if maintenance costs are factored in. But will that make up for lost revenue from fares the cabs can't accept while recharging?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Tuesday December 05 2017, @09:50PM (5 children)
Capitalism (and, indeed, "Western society") relies on "pass-on" costs. Someone *else* sweeps the path, someone *else* collects the garbage, someone *else* deals with the landfill/buried contaminants/whatever.
Ship the crap to India or China, let the stuff float out to sea, leave it under the house to become the next owner's problem...
And, in a weird reversal of normal regulations and laws, *don't* think of the children.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday December 05 2017, @10:04PM (2 children)
I find it amusing how we treat the ocean as a toilet, a dumping ground, and a pantry.
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(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @11:28PM (1 child)
You know how you inhale and exhale through the same nostrils? You're literally breathing in carbon dioxide waste products from your own lungs.
Your lack of comprehension of the interaction between biology and environment is shockingly naive.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Wednesday December 06 2017, @04:24PM
Perhaps you are unaware of what we are doing to the planet.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by frojack on Wednesday December 06 2017, @12:24AM (1 child)
And of course these problems don't exist in socialist/communist or "Eastern" society do they....
The worst polluters in the world are not Capitalists. Or Western.
https://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/these-10-rivers-appear-be-source-millions-tons-ocean-plastic.html [treehugger.com]
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-least-toxic-countries-pollution-environment-2017-2/#-1 [businessinsider.com]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/most-polluted-countries/ [telegraph.co.uk]
The waste management is all handled by Politburos and party executives, right?
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/12/growing-russia-biggest-rubbish-dump-161216110437273.html [aljazeera.com]
https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/9538-The-secret-lives-of-urban-waste-pickers [chinadialogue.net]
https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-16/here-s-why-so-many-elderly-chinese-are-collecting-trash [pri.org]
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 06 2017, @12:53AM
no, but no one (on here, anyway) claims "communism will fix it". In some of those countries you cite, the impact is *because* of western money - wesertn nations have paid those countries to be the cess pits they have become.
Many suggest that 'capitalism' and/or 'the free market' will fix everything - which is patently not true.
Also, most (almost all?) of the people on this board seem to be from western/English/American speaking countries.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex