Pointing out that concrete is the most widely used material in the world after water, Mr Emerson said an increase in diesel costs would have to be passed on to the consumer."I see a big, big hit on the construction industry in the next year or two," he said.
Mark Spence, managing director of the CEF, said it would do nothing to help reduce carbon emissions but would "significantly increase the risk of business failure in our sector". Although agricultural machinery like tractors and diggers will still be able to run on red diesel, concerns have been raised about farmers in Northern Ireland who also use that machinery for construction purposes.
It won’t cost the sectors anything because their shareholders, accountants and bankers will insist they make sufficient profit to keep going. That means additional costs go to customers, as always.
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Industry has had decades to move to lower carbon/sustainable alternatives voluntarily, if they refused why should they get a tax break because it'll cost them more. This sort of pandering is why we've made next to no progress on climate change.
It will cost the public millions not businesses!
The bogus pandemic under the fictional name CORONAVIRUS broke out around the world in their patent offices and will end its global life there on July 23, 2035. And the main responsible for the pandemic is the British Pirbright University, which will be accused of global genocide.
That will be most of the taxi, uber, just eat, drivers out of work in no red diesel to illegally use
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