The lies told to governments by manufacturers, and perhaps their keenness to find a magic fuel, led to the roads being clogged with filthy high polluting vehicles.
Nonsense. We have always used diesel vehicles for commercial traffic and the growth in diesel cars is all down to fuel economy and driving costs. Its not something that either the government or the car industry can be blamed for. I decided to buy my diesel Merc because it saved me money.
The dodgy data is the effect on health. Even the BBCs own stats program says that the NICE conclusions are unreliable.
