OSLO: Oslo will ban diesel cars from the road for at least two days this week in a bid to combat rising air pollution, angering some motorists after they were urged to buy diesel cars a few years ago. The ban, an**unced by the city late on Sunday, will go into effect on Tuesday on municipal roads but will **t apply on the national motorways that crisscross the **rwegian capital. Better atmospheric conditions are expected on Thursday. Motorists violating the ban will be fined 1,500 kroner. This is the first time Oslo has implemented a ban of this type after the city council -- made up of the Labour and Greens parties -- agreed in principle in February 2016 on the use of such a measure. While diesel cars emit less carbon dioxide (CO2) they emit more nitrogen dioxyde (**2). “In Oslo, we can´t ask children, the elderly and those suffering from respiratory problems to remain holed up at home because the air is too dangerous to breathe,” Greens city councillor Lan Marie Nguyen Berg told **rwegian media. The measure has angered some motorists, who were encouraged in 2006 by **rwegian authorities to opt for diesel vehicles, which at the time were considered a better environmental choice than petrol-fuelled cars. “Make up your minds. It wasn´t very long ago that diesel was recommended over petrol by Jens (Stoltenberg, the former primeminister, **wNato´s secretary general). **t sure you really k**w what is best,” wrote an an**yed Irene Sig**raMaier Tziotas on the Facebook page of newspaper Verdens Gang (VG). Others used even stronger language. Mazyar Keshvari, an MP fromthe populist right Progress Party which is a member of the coalition government, urged motorists to seek compensation. “The biggest swindle of **rwegian motorists has **w become a reality,” he told TV2. —AFP
01-17-2017, 01:24 PM
Oslo temporarily bars diesel cars to combat pollution
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