Beating up motorists
By Alex Singleton on Mar 11, 2008 in Environment
On The Guardian’s coverage of tomorrow’s budget on its Comment is Free site, I have a piece critical of the proposed “showroom tax” on new cars:
…just as it took time for the colour laser printer to move from being a frustrating and ugly £10,000 beast to being a £99 sleek machine, it will take time for really good green cars to come on the market. It takes around five years to develop a new car, and it will take several iterations before green cars become truly attractive purchases. In the eyes of environmentalists and politicians, that’s not good enough. But beating up motorists won’t get the R&D there any quicker.
Mike Harmon | Mar 11, 2008 | Reply
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Mike Harmon