On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:12:29 +0100, Steve Thackery wrote:

Did you know that the figure used by the UK government in the car
scrappage white paper for the CO2 impact of manufacturing a new car is
ONE TENTH that claimed by Ford? If Ford are correct, and making a new
car actually generates ten times as much CO2 as the government believes,
then the car scrappage scheme would be an environmental faux pas.

er the car scrappage scheme isn't a "green" measure it's an economic
one to help the car companies through the downturn without giving
them a direct cash hand out.

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Cheers
Dave.