So you’re not ready to buy an electric car (EV), with range anxiety, cost and shortage of charging points away from home the big concerns for many. But which showroom should you be visiting if you want the most environmentally-friendly of the conventional vehicles, if you discount the hybrids? A report this week suggested that … Continue reading
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Time to inform drivers on vehicle emissions besides Co2
More hazardous pollutants from a car exhaust apart from Co2 I live close to a pollution hotspot, and, like many otherwise well-intentioned people I know, I add to that pollution. I don’t drop litter, or pitch trolleys into the canal, or do things I could easily stop. This is everyday, going-about-normal-life pollution I’m talking… Continue reading →
Swedish family start to live 85% CO2 reduction life
We are being urged to cut our carbon footprint by just a little (10% was the target of choice in 2010), and many have taken the challenge, concluding that such a teensy-weensy reduction can’t be so hard. But what if you’re asked to slash your carbon use by 85% — that’s the reduction in consumption… Continue reading →
"One Tonne Life" – Can a household cut its Co2 output by 85%?
The estimable 10:10 project has been urging us to cut our carbon footprint by just a little (10% in 2010), and many have taken the challenge, concluding that such a teensy-weensy reduction can’t be so hard. But what if you’re asked to cut your carbon by 85% — that’s the reduction in consumption from today’s… Continue reading →
Why pay more at the pump?
The arrival of more affordable electric cars in 2011 will mark the start of what could be still quite a slow shift to cleaner and more environmentally sound transport. In the meantime, or as an alternative, anybody planning to buy a new car has a growing choice of conventional diesel and petrol-driven models which achieve roughly… Continue reading →
Car manufacturer starts campaign to improve UK air quality
The pressing global imperative of driving down CO2 emissions is now accepted by the motor industry. But while enormous energy was devoted to that campaign by environmentalists, a more immediate threat has been insidiously creeping back along the pavements of busy town and city streets. The pollutants issuing from the tail pipes of petrol and… Continue reading →