Diesel Trucks Will Be Banned in Seoul By 2025 to Help with Air Pollution
I am not against the upcoming ban, but I don’t think it is going to do much to clean up air pollution when so much of it is rolling in over Korea from China and their government doesn’t care:
![Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announces Clearer Seoul 2030, a comprehensive plan to improve the city's air quality, at Seoul City Hall on Wednesday. [NEWS1]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/28/60f7a965-70b0-46ee-89b4-8eb82c4098ac.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Grade 4 diesel vehicles, the second-lowest in the country’s five-tier emissions standard, will be banned from Seoul’s central areas starting 2025.
Joong Ang Ilbo
In addition, village buses, delivery motorbikes and trucks will all go electric by 2026.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon unveiled a comprehensive plan to improve air quality of his megacity dubbed Clearer Seoul 2030 on Wednesday. It’s a major part of the Korean capital’s ambition to be one of the top 10 greenest cities in the world.
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Good luck keeping store shelves full.
“Good luck keeping store shelves full.”
Electric trucks will replace them.
The electricity will be generated by filthy Indonesian coal, also known as Clean Coal for Green and Happy Life.