Paris To Test Banning SUVs In the City

thecarchik writes "Paris may be the first city to experiment with such a policy. Next year, it will begin to test restrictions on vehicles that emit more than a certain amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) per kilometer — the measure of a car's contribution to greenhouse gases. An official within the Parisian mayor's office, Denis Baupin, identified older diesel-engined cars and sport-utility vehicles as specific targets of the emissions limit. Residents and travelers have responded by buying thousands of electric cars, including the low-speed fiberglass G-Wiz — despite major safety concerns with the vehicle."

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Re:How much carbon ...

[commodore64_love]

This conversation reminds me of church:
- Thou shalt not lie.
- Thou shalt not look at nude women.
- Thou shalt not own a car if you work or live in Paris, you heathen.

I prefer Mark Twain's viewpoint: "Stop trying to take away all my vices. It's boring." It seems we've replaced the moral tyranny of the Catholic church with a new moral tyranny of the Green church. I can certainly understand banning cars that emit poisons (carbon monoxide, soot, ozone) which damage human lungs, but not CO2. First off CO2 is not a poison, and second it's a necessary ingredient in life (makes the food grow).