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...green campaigners across the world, who laud the congestion-charging scheme he first introduced in February 2003. The original daily $10 toll has been raised to $16, and the charging zone was extended westward last year. The mayor says that if a third of the 33,000 high-emissions cars daily entering central London continue to do so, the new scheme will generate a further $60 million to $100 million a year on top of the $240 million already raised by the congestion charge scheme, a chunk of which is reinvested in public transportation. Low-polluting vehicles such...
...Livingstone's staff have placed a large bouquet of exotic flowers, fresh off a plane, on the desk where he will sign off on the CO2-saving scheme). So why am I less than enthused by the announcement? Full disclosure: sitting in my garage is the kind of car that the mayor wants kept off the streets...
...Chelsea tractor and though a two-seater, it's certainly not the sort of sports car than a young man might buy to enhance his pulling power. Built in 1975, this Mercedes SL 350 convertible is a little rusty here and there. The soft top takes years of practice to manipulate into position and the optional hard top has to be lowered on or lifted off with a hefty winch. Painted a delicate golden color called Champagne, the car is a thing of beauty to me. And it promised to be a joy forever, as it sailed through its annual...
...engine guzzles a lot of gas. But the car is used very little, only for occasional necessary short trips and the odd journey for recreational purposes. The advice I'd received from green experts is that it's preferable to keep an old car going for as long as possible. Each new car requires energy and materials to produce, equivalent to some 15% of the total lifetime emissions of a car in regular...
...Sian Berry, who is challenging Livingstone in the mayoral race on behalf of the Green Party but backing him on this initiative, thinks she spots a solution to my problem. "If you hardly drive your car, then a ?25 congestion charge might be worth living with rather than getting rid of the car," she says. "People are very good at unconsciously cutting down on their driving, when there's a fuel crisis for example...