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Originally Posted by svache
IC.. I guess the government there needs to be that strict, when I look how many people are located on that little piece of land. It's not fun but if they don't regulate these things and be quite strict in that situation, it might become quite a problem there for the people.
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The standards for emissions & fuel are not the problem, the problem is the lack of competition due to market dominance as well as the outdated mindset of governmental officials (i.e. all diesel cars are bad). The only reason I can see why they have such strict standards for diesel (probably strictest in the world) is to protect their tax revenue (diesel is tax-free), & no, we don't have a deficit problem (our govt is stinking rich but also extremely stingy).
I agree controls should be put in place due to lack of road space, but the controls used are ineffective (e.g. penalty on ownership but not usage).