Participants did not introduce state subsidies
One positive outcome of the diesel summit is that the participants did not
introduce state subsidies for the purchase of modern diesel cars.
Car purchases
should not be subsidised on environmental grounds anyway, regardless of the
fuel type. Subsidies are not a very effective and efficient measure to realise
either environmental or economic goals, and they raise social-policy questions
as well.
Moreover, under the costs-by-cause principle future costs should be
borne by the car industry. It remains to be seen whether and to what extent the
companies can successfully pass on higher expenses to the customers.
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