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Sinocatk t1_iyirq6x wrote

Reply to comment by Panda_Mon in ‘Cleaner Air Is Coming’ as London Expands Vehicle Pollution Fee to Entire Metro Area by chrisdh79

Poor people drive old cars. Rich people got subsidized to buy new electric cars.

Same with solar, wealthy people could afford the installation on their homes and took advantage of decent subsidies and electricity rates. Poor people couldn’t afford to do that.

I get that subsidies help the transition toward cleaner energy, it’s a shame that poorer people don’t really benefit so much from them.

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tehrmuk t1_iyj1vsz wrote

My car is as basic as they come and is 15 years old with over 150,000 miles on it. It's a good example of what a poor person drives and it's exempt from the charge. People with cheap, old cars won't be affected by this. Owners of classic cars, performance cars or Chelsea Tractors will have to pay.

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One-Gap-3915 t1_iyjnfoa wrote

This scheme literally offers up to £2k scrappage to upgrade car - again you just need to find a used car manufactured less than 17 years old. Wheelchair accessible cars get up to £5k scrappage.

All the criticisms people are talking about have been addressed in great detail in the scheme.

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