Diesel is not dead yet

Sir, – Lots of Courier articles have covered the recent snowfall. Some are bad stories where people have been blocked in or cut off.

In some cases public transport has been called off or curtailed and the supermarkets have run out of bread, milk and other essentials.

There are also some good stories where the community has come together to help each other out during this difficult period.

The one thing that has struck me over the last few days is that in many cases farmers and those who have 4x4-type vehicles have been heavily relied on to help out during these difficult times.

Perhaps they cleared a local road or maybe they transported nurses to a hospital or maybe they ensured that a pregnant woman in labour got the help she needed.

When it comes to tax on vehicles, these are the people who are facing the highest taxes and potential new legislation banning diesels from our cities and town centres.

Perhaps we should remember what they did during the 2018 snowstorm before rushing ahead with new legislation and taxes which hammer the users of these vehicles.

Interestingly, I have not heard of any owners of electric vehicles helping out during the recent severe winter weather.

Where were those vehicles and their owners? Stuck in a

snowdrift somewhere with flat batteries, awaiting a diesel tow truck to rescue them? Alastair Macintyre. 18 Webster Place, Rosyth.