Conor Molloy@sileginnane Agreed. Search #SUVskam on Twitter for my attempts.
Unpopular opinion? If EU car makers keep building heavier and higher: China will eat their lunch? Sono Sion at end of this video struggling for cash is a sad reflection on us and EU tax policy (lighter is better). #SUVskam #EnergyEfficiency Vote below on where cars are going https://youtu.be/hWtofbHt97Q
Heavier. 🦖Had it right
Lighter. Physics rules.
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China rules. EU cycles 🚲
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This Is EVERY New Electric Car Coming In 2023!!
@janrosenow #SUVskam wiping out all transport energy efficiency gains. https://www.iea.org/commentaries/global-suv-sales-set-another-record-in-2021-setting-back-efforts-to-reduce-emissions
"We cannot police our way out of problem we have designed and engineered ourselves into – only better design and engineering can fix it."
Less #SUVskam, road signs and touchscreens pls, more smaller, lighter vehicles needed on slower roads. #EnergyEfficiency #TaxByWgt
#SUVskam continues, extra fuel cost to owners of SUVs & Crossovers vs MPVs, sedans and hatchbacks shown by IEA, Fuel bills for different personal vehicle types in Europe, June 2021-June 2022, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/fuel-bills-for-different-personal-vehicle-types-in-europe-june-2021-june-2022, IEA. Licence: CC BY 4.0
@ChrisMcCahill +1 Avory Lovins at RMI has been banging on about this #SUVskam since the noughties. #ClimateAction
Time to include the cost of travel and embedded carbon in house and apt. prices or BERs? At least in Ireland, we seem to be repeating #SUVskam in housing.
"Affordable housing is not sustainable and sustainable housing is not affordable, RIAI says"
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2022/11/29/one-off-detached-houses-should-not-be-the-cheapest-option-to-build-riai-says/
"Affordable housing is not sustainable and sustainable housing is not affordable, RIAI says"
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2022/11/29/one-off-detached-houses-should-not-be-the-cheapest-option-to-build-riai-says/
@davidzipper
Great idea. Didn't know NO weight tax started at 500kg, even better idea. #TaxByWeight #SUVskam
Great idea. Didn't know NO weight tax started at 500kg, even better idea. #TaxByWeight #SUVskam
Conor MolloyCars and Vans – IEA to 2030 & 2050; "Use fiscal and local policy tools to disincentivise increasing vehicle size" @EamonRyan @Dept_Transport
#TaxByWgt in Norway since 1955, France since 2018, come on Ireland?
PS Berlin $590/yr, Vancouver $789/yr. #SUVskam https://www.iea.org/reports/cars-and-vans
#TaxByWgt in Norway since 1955, France since 2018, come on Ireland?
PS Berlin $590/yr, Vancouver $789/yr. #SUVskam https://www.iea.org/reports/cars-and-vans