4X4 Drivers Face Hefty £300 Bill To Park Outside Home (UK)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-26-2006 | Philip Johnson

[blam]

Rush was right. SUV's are evil.

"Climate change is the single greatest challenge facing the world today."

Islamofacism is not a problem, I guess.

[Paladin2]

Looks like they are trying to increase the incidence of poverty.

[elkfersupper]

It's been a while since we heard anything about the ongoing war against SUV's.

These people are surely patient.

They drop out of sight for awhile, then kick it up to the next level.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yep. Climate change is by far the biggest problem. Just look what sudden temperature changes did to this bus!

[oceanview]

if California takes its "mini kyoto" law into full implementation - a person who wants to buy an SUV or V8 sedan in CA, will have to buy pollution credits (through a broker) from the purchaser of small 4 cylinder cars who will be able to sell the ones they have "earned" with their purchase.

this is no joke.

[facedown]

But Conservatives sitting on the London Assembly called it "a stealth tax"...

About as stealthy as an M1 Abrams.

[bubman]

this is a 21st century secular humanist version of counting how many angel can fit on thhe head of a pin.

Stupidity masquerading as conventional wisdom. Where the f*ck are we going like this?

[conservative in nyc]

What happened to the Liberal Democrats? I thought they were more libertarian, not statist environmentalists.

[kinoxi]

Just get in on the ground floor and start riding a bicycle that's all. ;)

[Petronski]

F**king Stalinist tools.

[oceanview]

I imagine the people using mass transit, will also have pollution credits to sell to those who want cars.

[brushcop]

What is so stupid is that most "SUVs" are small anyway, but a real human being can actually fit in them. Time for a nice revolution Brits, didya learn anything from us??

[kinoxi]

A loser lib's wet dream. Not only do other people pay for nonsense, they are the ones getting paid. Kyoto doesn't, hasn't, and most likely never will reduce emiissions. It's simply a tool for reallocating wealth. Here's some info including the actual price of Carbon for those that might be curious.

[oceanview]

I am not agreeing with this policy, I am just making an observation. If taken to full implementation, that's the way it will play out regarding auto purchases.

[ThomasThomas]

Please pull this post, don't give them any ideas! Big cities would try this. If they let you park a SUV at all.

[kinoxi]

I am not agreeing with this policy, I am just making an observation. If taken to full implementation, that's the way it will play out regarding auto purchases.

I was pretty sure you were against it. Anyone with even cursory knowledge of it should be.

[Adams]

England is doomed, and we're not far behind.

[ThomasThomas]

If I registered my car in Mexico it would be part of the protected class. Even with bribes it would be cheaper. Cruise ships do this. No california smog test. I wouldn't even need to put money in a meter. When I go to the big city. No meters here.

[DocH]

In a related story...

After taking away their right to own firearms, knives, swords, scissors, toy guns, and the right to defend themselves from violent criminals, male subjects of M.B. (mediocre britain) have been ordered by their government to cut off their "meat & two veg", as these have sometimes been used as "weapons" of sorts against the women of this fine socialist nanny state.

[Reeses]

This is an envy tax. All leftism is envy driven. They can't call it what it is, that is socially unacceptable, so instead they cloak it in a green wrapper, an appropriate color.

When they succeed in reducing envious cars, only the super-envied will still have them. What will that do for their evil demon? People would enjoy their SUVs even more if fewer people had them as it would scream SPECIAL! Or bureaucrat.