Which is fine. Except Australia and Russia are the only OECD...

Which is fine. Except Australia and Russia are the only OECD countries with no emissions rules. If people want the choice of a polluting car that is fine but they should pay for it. I expect petrol and diesel prices increasing will start forcing the transition anyway. I like the UK system where your rego costs are based on the co2 emissions. Higher emissions means higher fees.

The current system in most Australian states where someone buying a Corolla pays the same rego as a Hilux does nothing to transition people to cleaner cars and on the other hand does nothing to force manufacturers to give us cleaner cars. Great example is the new Prado that won't be offered as a hybrid in Australia. Toyota is one of the main offenders where they don't even bother to offer a Hybrid landcruiser but you can get a Hybrid Sequoia in the states.

	CO2emissions	Diesel cars (TC49) that meet theRDE2standard and petrol cars (TC48)	All other diesel cars (TC49)	Alternative fuel cars (TC59)
1	0g/km	£0	£0	£0
2	1 to 50g/km	£10	£30	£0
3	51 to 75g/km	£30	£130	£20
4	76 to 90g/km	£130	£165	£120
5	91 to 100g/km	£165	£185	£155
6	101 to 110g/km	£185	£210	£175
7	111 to 130g/km	£210	£255	£200
8	131 to 150g/km	£255	£645	£245
9	151 to 170g/km	£645	£1,040	£635
10	171 to 190g/km	£1,040	£1,565	£1,030
11	191 to 225g/km	£1,565	£2,220	£1,555
12	226 to 255g/km	£2,220	£2,605	£2,210
13	Over 255g/km	£2,605	£2,605	£2,595