All advertising for new cars will have to carry cigarette-style “health warnings” about their environmental impact, under a European plan to force manufacturers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Companies that produce the most polluting cars will also have to pay penalties of up to £5,000 per vehicle, with the proceeds used to reduce the cost of the most efficient cars.Advertisements in newspapers and magazines, will have to devote at least 20 per cent of the space to details about fuel economy and CO2 emissions. At the moment manufacturers have to include only basic mpg and CO2 figures in the small print. They do not have to explain what the numbers mean or provide any comparison.
Read the rest of The Times article ‘Carbon health warnings for all new cars.’
Thanks to Marc Morano for alerting me to this article.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
The labels might not be bad but punishment for driving a most likely expesive luxury car seems insane.
Why drive down profit and unemploy BMW and the manufacturers of those low mileage, high performance and very sensitive Italian sports cars?
So, seeing as Volvo has a coating on their radiators that actually reduces ozone will XC-90s be covered by health insurance?
Seriously it appears the transformation of CO2 from “emission” to “pollutant” is complete.
This behaviour is basicaolly totalitarian and marks the start of the next Dark Age.
Funny that, it’s always the Platonits/Socratists who seem to generate those bad times.
How rabid – it seems that demands for increased fuel efficiency have been asked for before and met.
So the usual alarmist bleating by those who want to turn back clocks and deny any progress. Surely less dependence on foreign oil from unstable regions is a good idea in itself.
In any case – use democracy – if you don’t like it vote it down ! Surely you’re all not opposed to democracy?
The EU is not a democracy it is an alliance of states.
Luke,
we will do that at the coming Australian Elections – not vote for the socialists, meaning that what is left is Coalition.
But you commit a non sequitur – we can’t vote in Europe so no point in admonishing us to use democracy.
In any case when your lot ever do get into power, democracy will disappear, as is hinted at here with your intolerant remarks to those who dare differ with your views on AGW.
It’s their idea for Europe n’est pas? My GTHO is safe.
But Costello and Nelson were socialists in their youth – don’t trust them Louis. Once a dirty red always a dirty red.
And I thought the Coalition were right not left, or are they now left after finding climate change?
German motor companies are already way ahead in the environmental and low emission stakes.
Mercedes has demonstrated its Diesotto which is a 1.8 litres petrol engine with enough power and torque for the S Class and only 6 litres per 100 km.
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/07/25/mercedes-benz-introduces-the-diesotto-german-for-hcci/
Volkswagen also has the TSI engine in production. It is both supercharged and turbocharged giving low emissions and high torque over a wide rev range.
http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=40001
The leading car makers are way ahead of the legislation on health warnings. Maybe it’s the environment, maybe it’s peak oil, or maybe it’s just good marketing.
Luke, you lie.
I drove a GTHO at Bathurst in 69, & although it wasn’t a patch on the Monaro I drove in 68 it was a mighty car.
Anyone who has driven one could never hold your view of the world.
I would accept your having been taken for a ride in one, by a quick driver. Those of low intestinal fortitude could develop your attitude from the fear such a ride could generate.
If they were really concerned with my welfare they would have a warning sticker about the results of the vehicles impact with trees rather then its environmental impact.
How many people died in car wrecks vs how many died in heatwave in 2006 in the USA? – 41,611 to 51.
These people are f’ing out of their minds.
Hasbeen what would a barbarian like you know about my world view. Go play with your roller rockers.
James don’t be such a first world galoot ! Try European heat wave, droughts in Africa, cumulative impact of El Nino, floods in Bangladesh. Perhaps you might be living in an air-conditioned first world do you think? Typical myopic sepo.
Quite right, nobody who owns a GTHO would waste time waffling on here.
Luke is more of a Lada Samara driver, 1987 model (the one you cant give away)
I thought Luke drove a keyboard.
I’m much more concerned about what comes out the tail pipes of knackered or older vehicles than new Euro IV engined vehicles. Wrong policy, wrong reasons, wrong vehicles.
Still, I have no sympathy for car manufacturers – they’ve allowed themselves to be backed into a corner.
As for the EU – it’s a dictatorial, self-serving bureaucracy that costs the taxpayer a fortune, and offers little in return.
In about April the, I think, Indonesian Environment Minister, suggested that the Indonesian governments ban new cars from the streets of Jakarta to reduce the incidence of traffic jams and carbon emissions.
Like Paul B, I think the focus should be on old rather than new cars.
Hooked a few tiddlers with that one. ROTFL. You guys. It was actually a Torana X-U1 with the triple Strombergs – hard to tune and overheats.
Thats more like it Luke. A nice girls car.
Ok how many people died in traffic accidents in Africa in 1999 vs died of heat stroke? 188,273 vs. 132
( note: I included deaths by hurricane and Elephant rampage to fluff the numbers some and make it respectable – surprizingly Africans are rather used to hot weather after living in Africa for millieum – who would have guessed?)
http://medilinkz.org/HealthTopics/statistics/Causes%20of%20mortality%20in%20Africa.htm – link is for provinances sake
Oh and those people are still out of their f’ing minds – even by African standards.
Still good enough for Brocky to win Bathurst in.
James many hundreds of thousands have repeatedly died from famine in African droughts. Try not to be so totally stupid. You might also look up hurricanes in Bangladesh.
Well it’s interesting that the NZ Govt wants more electric cars
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/GovermentwantsNZtoswitchtoelectriccars/tabid/209/articleID/36717/Default.aspx
Pity the REVA got canned by the Howard Govt.
Leading cause of death in young people is car accidents
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr17/en/index.html
Leading cause of death in children is diarrheal disease
http://www.oneworldhealth.org/diseases/diarrhea.php
Then you’ve got cardiac disease,stroke,cancer,AIDS-related illnesses…
A Torana,Luke? I’m impressed!
Lordy,I’d better have a Bex and a lie down now…
Foul. Wiggling the goalpost by the red team.
I even spotted him hurricane deaths and elephant squishings, and the dude is still trying to sneak in drought and famine.
Can I get a ruling here? Where is that darned referee?
Of course they were girls cars Luke. With colours like Hot Pink, & Purple people eater, what else could they be?
I have a funny & TRUE story about an XU1. In my transition from hasbeen racing car driver, to yachty bum, I met a realy “nice” couple, living on their boat at a Balmain [Sydney] marina. They were very middle of the road, & it was a surprising thing for them to do, in the late 60s.
Both school teachers, they were so middle of the road, that when they invited me to have a look at their new car, I expected a 4 pot Morris or Austin or some such.
The last thing I expected was the purple thing, with no ride height, & wide wheels, with XU1 on the back. They had a laugh at the look on my face & then told the story.
While signing up for a stock 4 pot Torana, [she liked the idea it was a Holden] they got to colour. She liked the purple one on the showroom floor, & after a good look at it, they said they’d take it. The salesman, who must have had a sense of humor, signed them up for the XU1. He showed them the monthly payments, which were ok, & that was that.
It was only 10 days later, when he first opened the bonnet, that he realised that it had too many carburetors, & was not what he’d expected.