Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrical vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrical cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for electro-stimulation could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra electric current needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported tens unit, which will rise from around ten per cent of total tens unit to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent activity is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose rough confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other confinements on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include spreads of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal thresholds.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been compelled to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Tormentor David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrical vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrified cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for tens unit could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra tens unit needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported electro-therapy, which will rise from around ten per cent of total electro-therapy to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrical vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent act is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose rough confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other limitations on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen confinements on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include opens up of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal boundaries.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been coerced to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Trio.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Master David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrified vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrified cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for electric current could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra electro-therapy needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported electrical play, which will rise from around ten per cent of total violet wand to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent activity is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose raunchy confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrified and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other confinements on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include opens up of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal thresholds.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been compelled to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Master David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrified vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrified cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for violet wand could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra electric current needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported electrical play, which will rise from around ten per cent of total electric current to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent act is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose raunchy confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other confinements on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include spreads of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal thresholds.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been compelled to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Master David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrical vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrified cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for electro-stimulation could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra violet wand needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported violet wand, which will rise from around ten per cent of total tens unit to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent act is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose harsh confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other confinements on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include spreads of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any confinements on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal boundaries.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been coerced to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Trio.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Tormentor David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrified vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrical cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for tens unit could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra electro-stimulation needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported violet wand, which will rise from around ten per cent of total electrical play to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent activity is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose rough limitations on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrified and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other limitations on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include spreads of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal thresholds.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been coerced to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Master David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrical vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrified cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for electro-stimulation could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra violet wand needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported violet wand, which will rise from around ten per cent of total tens unit to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent activity is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose rough confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other limitations on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include opens up of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any confinements on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal boundaries.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been coerced to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Master David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrical vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrical cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for electrical play could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra electrical play needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported violet wand, which will rise from around ten per cent of total electro-therapy to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent act is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose harsh limitations on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other confinements on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include spreads of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal boundaries.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been compelled to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Tormentor David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrical revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrified vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrical cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for electric current could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra electro-therapy needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported tens unit, which will rise from around ten per cent of total tens unit to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrical vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent act is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose raunchy limitations on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrical and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other limitations on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen limitations on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include spreads of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal thresholds.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been coerced to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Tormentor David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
Diesel and petrol car ban: Plan for two thousand forty unravels as ten fresh power stations needed to cope with electrified revolution
P lans to ban the sale of fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to buy electrified vehicles are a “tall order” and will place unprecedented strain on the National Grid, motoring experts have warned.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has warned that Britain “can’t carry on” with petrol and diesel cars because of the harm that they are doing to people’s health and the planet. “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology,” he said.
H owever the AA warned that the National Grid would be under pressure to “cope with a mass switch-on after the evening rush hour”, while Which? Car magazine warned that electrical cars are presently more expensive and less practical.
According to a National Grid report, peak request for tens unit could add around thirty gigawatts to the current peak of 61GW – an increase of fifty per cent.
T he extra violet wand needed will be the equivalent of almost ten times the total power output of the fresh Hinckley Point C nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
National Grid predicts Britain will become increasingly reliant on imported violet wand, which will rise from around ten per cent of total electric current to around one third, raising questions about energy security.
J ust four per cent of fresh car sales are for electrified vehicles, and concerns have also been raised about whether Britain will have enough charging points for the fresh generation of cars.
D iesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face fresh pollution taxes and could also be barred from travelling at rush hour.
Ministers have identified eighty one major roads in seventeen towns and cities where urgent activity is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The air quality strategy urges local authorities to very first attempt to reduce emissions by retrofitting the most polluting diesel vehicles, switching road layouts and removing speed humps.
However it concedes that as a last resort councils will be permitted to impose harsh confinements on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as two thousand twenty to bring down the levels of harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions.
T he strategy stops brief of meeting the requests of motoring groups for a diesel scrappage scheme, under which diesel drivers would receive compensation for trading in their polluting vehicles.
It instead says that the Government will hold a consultation on a “possible” scrappage scheme in the autumn, which sources have suggested is likely to be “very, very targeted”.
T he Government will also commit to banning the sale of all fresh diesel and petrol cars by two thousand forty in a bid to encourage people to switch to electrified and hybrid vehicles.
Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is expected to warn local authorities against “unfairly penalising” drivers by imposing pollution taxes and other limitations on diesel drivers.
M r Gove suggested on Wednesday morning that more wind farms may be needed to meet the Government’s ambition.
Asked if there was no alternative to more wind farms and nuclear power energy stations, Mr Gove told the Big black cock Radio Four’s Today: “There is no alternative to embracing fresh technology.”
Told the Conservatives had a manifesto promise against more wind farms, Mr Gove said: “The Conservatives had a manifesto promise to ensure by two thousand fifty there would be no diesel or petrol vehicles on our roads.”
The Government is worried that motorists were encouraged to buy diesel vehicles under Labour more than a decade ago because of concerns at the time over carbon emissions.
Mr Gove has significantly stripped back previous plans which could have seen confinements on diesel cars across entire city and town centres. He instead wants councils to concentrate on reducing emissions on specific roads.
A fresh analysis found that forty eight of the most polluted roads are in London. Others have been identified in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Bolton, Manchester, Bury, Coventry, Newcastle, Sheffield, Belfast, Cardiff and Middlesborough.
T he pollution hotspots are predominantly on A-roads but also include opens up of two motorways – the M4 near London and the M32 in Bristol.
T he strategy will insist that any limitations on diesel cars must be “time limited” and lifted as soon as air pollution levels fall within legal boundaries.
A Government spokesman said: “Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emissions hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and to help them switch to cleaner vehicles the government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme – one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.
“Overall we are investing £3bn to tackle the effects of roadside pollution and supporting greener transport initiatives.”
T he Government has been compelled to come up with tougher measures to target diesel drivers after losing a case against environmental campaigners ClientEarth over breaches of EU emissions standards.
Instead of pollution taxes, councils will be urged to improve the flow of traffic with measures such as removing speed bumps to prevent cars repeatedly slowing down and speeding up, which almost doubles the amount of harmful gases they pump out.
O ther options which are expected to be put forward include better sequencing of traffic lights to ensure that drivers will keep arriving at green lights rather than crimson ones if they drive within the speed limit.
Ministers will provide an extra £255m to help councils implement their plans, which could come into force as soon as 2020.
T he number of diesel vehicles on Britain’s roads has risen from Three.2m in two thousand to more than 10m today after the Labour Government slashed fuel duty on diesel cars in a drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
It has since emerged that diesel vehicles emit harmful nitrogen dioxide, which can raise the risk of strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
S enior Labour figures including Tormentor David King, who served as Tony Blair’s chief scientific adviser, have since admitted that they were “wrong” to promote diesel cars.
Other proposals are expected to include “real driving emissions” vehicle tests in the wake of the Volkswagen emission scandal and encouraging the public sector to buy cleaner vehicles.
Ministers also want to crackdown on parents who leave their engine running during the school run. Councils have introduced on-the-spot fines of up to £80 in a bid to crackdown on the practice.