Green House Gases Rise After UK Raises Taxes On Diesels

The average CO2 emissions of new cars on UK roads has grown by 0.8g/km to 121.3g/km in the third quarter of 2017, compared with the same period in 2016.

The last quarter’s rise in emissions has been put down to the increasingly negative rhetoric regarding diesels since the emissions scandal of late 2015, which has culminated in higher taxes for new diesels, thus putting buyers off diesel cars, which typically have lower CO2 outputs than their petrol counterparts.

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TheSteve - 12/21/2017 4:08:56 PM

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There is a difference between Correlation (when A happened then B also happened) versus Causality (A always causes B to happen). This page's title suggesting causality between raising taxes on diesel vehicles and increased greenhouse gases is misleading. The two might be unrelated, or not significantly related. For example, what role does the gasoline/diesel vehicle mix play in relation to all sources of greenhouse gases?

I mention this in case someone wants to spin this as: diesel passenger vehicles are saviors for reducing greenhouse gases, so it's better to drive diesel.