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It’s time to dump diesel

February 21, 2017

The New York Times writes about how polluted the air is in London, and blames it on diesel and bicycles.

Diesel engines get better mileage than gasoline cars, and therefore produce less CO2. They were seen by European regulators as a good way to reduce dependence on oil. And unfortunately they have proven to be very popular. Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura writes in the New York Times:

The British government provided financial incentives to encourage a shift to diesel engines because laboratory tests suggested that would cut harmful emissions and combat climate change.

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